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shadesofmauve) wrote2014-02-03 12:34 pm
shadesofmauve) wrote2014-02-03 12:34 pm
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Lighting descision made!
Dad and I only worked for a few hours Saturday, but they were an eventful few hours. I made a lighting decision! As with so many of my favorite solutions, it's very Cinderella (from Into the Woods): "I know what my decision is -- which is not to decide!"
The non-painting lighting in the studio is going to be track lighting, which only requires one electrical box. I know where it starts, and since it's all modular I can just build on from there. So there'll be a track over the desk area and along that wall, and at some point in the future I can decide to have it either T or turn a corner if I want more light in the other half of the room -- and I can figure out how I deal with it running into the painting fluorescent then. Track lighting looks a lot better than it used to, so it should work out pretty well. I also bought a new panel, and we worked out what we need to do to fit that in. We should be able to finish the rough wiring next weekend and have it inspected next week; then I can start with air-sealing and insulation while we figure out how/when we're switching over the panel.
That was the main accomplishment of a busy weekend. I also went to Trik's son's first birthday*, visited my former fiddle teacher and talked writing shop, went to a Jim Malcolm concert with E, and somehow ended up at the tail end of a (low key) superbowl party at my parents' house. I only showed up -- at the end of the third quarter -- because Anthea (former fiddle teacher) was planning on going and was seriously cajoling me, and I thought there'd be more music and writing talk. The her daughter got sick and only her husband came. (Hopefully B feels better soon -- that family's had really bad luck with illnesses the last few months).
Erik sat in the living room and made cheer and grunting noises at all the appropriate places; I practiced my tenor guitar in the kitchen and chatted with mom.
I also wrote over 2,000 words this weekend, painted minis, and died once in nethack.
*And then another former SO called me today to let me know he has a two year old. This week's theme is exes-with-toddlers, apparently. :P
BTW, I have determined that my cats are at least as amusing as even a cute, happy one-year-old. You can do many of the same amusing activities, like giving them boxes, putting tissue paper on their heads, and seeing how they react to funny noises. I become more interested in kids once they start picking up language, because language acquisition is really fun to watch. Before that... it's really just going through the motions.
The non-painting lighting in the studio is going to be track lighting, which only requires one electrical box. I know where it starts, and since it's all modular I can just build on from there. So there'll be a track over the desk area and along that wall, and at some point in the future I can decide to have it either T or turn a corner if I want more light in the other half of the room -- and I can figure out how I deal with it running into the painting fluorescent then. Track lighting looks a lot better than it used to, so it should work out pretty well. I also bought a new panel, and we worked out what we need to do to fit that in. We should be able to finish the rough wiring next weekend and have it inspected next week; then I can start with air-sealing and insulation while we figure out how/when we're switching over the panel.
That was the main accomplishment of a busy weekend. I also went to Trik's son's first birthday*, visited my former fiddle teacher and talked writing shop, went to a Jim Malcolm concert with E, and somehow ended up at the tail end of a (low key) superbowl party at my parents' house. I only showed up -- at the end of the third quarter -- because Anthea (former fiddle teacher) was planning on going and was seriously cajoling me, and I thought there'd be more music and writing talk. The her daughter got sick and only her husband came. (Hopefully B feels better soon -- that family's had really bad luck with illnesses the last few months).
Erik sat in the living room and made cheer and grunting noises at all the appropriate places; I practiced my tenor guitar in the kitchen and chatted with mom.
I also wrote over 2,000 words this weekend, painted minis, and died once in nethack.
*And then another former SO called me today to let me know he has a two year old. This week's theme is exes-with-toddlers, apparently. :P
BTW, I have determined that my cats are at least as amusing as even a cute, happy one-year-old. You can do many of the same amusing activities, like giving them boxes, putting tissue paper on their heads, and seeing how they react to funny noises. I become more interested in kids once they start picking up language, because language acquisition is really fun to watch. Before that... it's really just going through the motions.