Well, it is Lent, so...
Mar. 12th, 2010 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
femkes_folliesTime to give up a few things? Not for religious reasons, but for practical ones.
First, the whole resin sensitivity issue is definitely problematic. The Queen of my allergies has always been Eucalyptus. Varnish has been difficult for the past few years. Now, acacia gum. Which is also Gum Arabic. Meaning... probably time to give up the Scribal Arts for the most part. I really, really, don't need another full bore reaction. So I'll finish Master Mordak's Laurel scroll and Alaina's CB - then probably limit myself to the occasional personal A&S project. Not sure there's any way around it, really. ALL of my gouache has Gum Arabic in it. I could make paints with glair, but doing that ALL THE TIME for court scrolls would get to be a serious pain. Other types of paint may well contain other binders that cause me equal issues. I just don't really wanna find out. So, I'll keep my stuff around for my own purposes and special Occasions, if you will. But that's going to have to be it.
Next on the list - *@#^%^#@$*^@$ "green" cleaners. Grrrr. They're useless. Give me some Pine-Sol, Spic-n-Span, maybe some lye and chlorine bleach. At least my house will be clean.
Some of my expectations. Not dreams, mind you. I still have things I want. But, time for the annual Reality Check (IEP) for Anneliese. And it's probably worth asking her teacher if it's worth doing another year of dance class (repeating the beginner year, obviously) or not. John is neither Hannah Homemaker, Handy Manny, nor Mary Quite Contrary. Therefore, what gets done will likely get done by me - and time constraints dictate a certain lowering of the bar there, as well.
On the upside, the new Martha Stewart magazine has a recipe for mini Strawberry eclairs. Maybe I'll try some of those when the good strawberries start ripening.
First, the whole resin sensitivity issue is definitely problematic. The Queen of my allergies has always been Eucalyptus. Varnish has been difficult for the past few years. Now, acacia gum. Which is also Gum Arabic. Meaning... probably time to give up the Scribal Arts for the most part. I really, really, don't need another full bore reaction. So I'll finish Master Mordak's Laurel scroll and Alaina's CB - then probably limit myself to the occasional personal A&S project. Not sure there's any way around it, really. ALL of my gouache has Gum Arabic in it. I could make paints with glair, but doing that ALL THE TIME for court scrolls would get to be a serious pain. Other types of paint may well contain other binders that cause me equal issues. I just don't really wanna find out. So, I'll keep my stuff around for my own purposes and special Occasions, if you will. But that's going to have to be it.
Next on the list - *@#^%^#@$*^@$ "green" cleaners. Grrrr. They're useless. Give me some Pine-Sol, Spic-n-Span, maybe some lye and chlorine bleach. At least my house will be clean.
Some of my expectations. Not dreams, mind you. I still have things I want. But, time for the annual Reality Check (IEP) for Anneliese. And it's probably worth asking her teacher if it's worth doing another year of dance class (repeating the beginner year, obviously) or not. John is neither Hannah Homemaker, Handy Manny, nor Mary Quite Contrary. Therefore, what gets done will likely get done by me - and time constraints dictate a certain lowering of the bar there, as well.
On the upside, the new Martha Stewart magazine has a recipe for mini Strawberry eclairs. Maybe I'll try some of those when the good strawberries start ripening.
