It was hot hot hot! And the office is not the place to be when it's hot.
So, last weekend I ended up making some stamps after finally getting the negative sheet done on the 11th. But I didn't just make stamps, I also got some black cardstock and made varying sizes of matting sheets to block out any residual light that might appear at the sides of the negative when I was making the stamp. I used the Silhouette and I made quite a few of these mats. I actually considered taping or gluing the negative to the mat (did I mention I made a lot of them?) but figured I'd just see how this initial set went.
They turned out nicely. I do have to work on getting all of the residual polymer off of the stamp during the cleaning. Either the Dawn dish detergent isn't the optimum cleaner, the brushes don't work (I also started using a toothbrush to clean the the finer and smaller areas of the stamps) or I have no idea how to clean stuff. I decided to let them set for a while and maybe the polymer on the smooth side will come off a lot easier. Nothing I can do on the stamp side. Once that's been hardened under the UV light, it's done.
Then Sunday I did a cleaning of the garage floor. It was horrible. Just a lot of built up crud. It's much nicer now.
Then there was this really, really hot week. Having lost so much of the foliage in the trees, the front of the yard now cooks. So, we're going to have to adjust for that heat in the bedroom. In all of the time we've been here, this has never been a problem. I imagine it's getting pretty toasty in the afternoons at the house next door. The shade from those trees helped them more than it helped us. One can only hope, right? (Have I mentioned I really don't care for these people?) I wonder if they're smart enough to figure out cause and effect. Or maybe they'll think it's climate change!
Miss E is doing well, no residual problems from the seizure. She's getting her fluids three times a week now, I think it's helping her. I did notice flea dirt on her when I was giving her the fluids. So, last Tuesday, I got all but three cats dosed with Advantage. I got one of those done on Saturday. I most likely won't get the other two (Autumn and Joey). The worst thing about doing this is I start to feel like the dying fleas are jumping on me. Not that I feel them crawling, but I start to itch. Well, sometimes I feel them crawling, like last Thursday when I pulled one from my hairline. (Marco sleeps on my pillow.) But I think it's safe now.
Brian brought Katie's remains home on Friday.
Other than that, there's really not much going on here. Heat does that.
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