First the computer goes on. While the puter is warming up, the shred box comes out. Tear up some newspaper, then some cheap typing paper, bingo and ultra cheap toilet paper. Repeat while dealing with email.
Check what you made yesterday.
The hand on the patio isn't drying fast enough so it comes in to put in front of the fan. The balloon with 2 layers of orange-y yellow crepe paper and one of cheap typing paper is dry, so it comes out to await the next layers.
Back out to the porch, the biggest jack I've made so far is taking its sweet time to dry. It's propped carefully so the vy long stem will dry the right way, so I can't bring it in. Make plans to take a fan outside, turn the other jacks so the sun will hit them and back into the house.
The shred box is full enough to fill the dutch oven if I add more tp. Cram it full of paper, fill with water and turn on high. Listen for the pssshhh that means the dutch oven is boiling over, give it a stir to release the air and turn it down to med/high; let it go for half an hour. Meanwhile, finish tearing up the paper in today's pile and attempt to clean up the area.
While tearing, back to email. Answer a message from Susan at HS, groan that I won't make the CalHaunts meeting again in May, and pick up the plastic bin with yesterday's processed pulp in it.
Crumble, crumble, crumble the damp pulp. Turn off the heat on the dutch oven and make some toast. Refill coffee cup and make some more coffee.
While at HS, check out the SEI for this month's Mad Lab challenge. Balls eh? Okay, Evil Jan, we'll see what I can come up with.
What was I going to do? Oh yeah, get the new fan out of the box and take it out to the patio. Two hours have passed already. How did that happen?
Pulp has cooled some so it's off to the bathroom for a bucket of cold water. Haul (groan) into the kitchen and set up the blender. Fill the blender, process and pour it into the towel that is inside the colander that is over the empty pot. Refill blender and process. Pour over first batch in the towel and refill the blender.
While blender makes noise, squeeze excess water out of pulp in towel into colander over smaller empty pot. Empty wettish pulp into plastic bin, return to blender and turn it off. Pour water from smaller pot into dutch oven. Replace towel in colander, empy blender into it and refill.
Repeat until all boiled paper has been processed.
Return to computer to check email and break up clumps of wet pulp while you read. Contemplate lunch, but first, mix up pulp for the balloon with the crepe paper. Glue on the face printed up earlier and arrange pulp around it. Race to wash hands and answer phone because you forgot to turn it to Do Not Disturb. Finish balloon and set it in front of the fan.
Dinner time. Did I have lunch? Who has time for dishes?
Tags: Papier Mache Addict
