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a digital nightmare eventuates /this week needs cake

13 Mar
Jan Mullen
WEEK TEN (march 6-12) The week started with an end. The first day of the week was the last day of the long weekend. We slowly pack away the pool and the playthings and empty the fridge. We slowly mosey ... Read more »

organization, our little house artwork process, renovating, tools

waiting for him to follow

7 Mar
Jan Mullen
WEEK NINE (february 27- march 5) Two more ticks this week. G.P….TICK. Dental hygienist. TICK. …but I am also given referrals for other bits to check, and an appointment made for the next six monthly clean…. and then I arrive ... Read more »

gallery hopping, our little house artwork process, thoughts into words and pictures

how to stitch knitting

27 Feb
Jan Mullen
WEEK EIGHT (february 20-26) February is still ticking along and with it I am still ticking the task boxes. The week was off to an task-driven start on Monday morn when I delivered my car for an overdue service. I ... Read more »

gallery hopping, out visiting, quilts, the museum artwork process

almost straightforward – a bit of pesky, a bit of joy

20 Feb
Jan Mullen
WEEK SEVEN (february 13-19) The week was almost a straightforward one. I have many weeks to come that will be interrupted by appointments of all sorts but my mindset is now to not put chores off as I’ve found that ... Read more »

our little house, quilts renovating, Salvage Selvedge, studio class

my eyes were filled brim-full

13 Feb
Jan Mullen
WEEK SIX (february 6-12) It ended up being a pretty good textile week – something that doesn’t always happen – unfortunately it was not about me making but there were wonderful conversations, my eyes were filled brim-full and I kept ... Read more »

gallery hopping, movie night, organization artwork process, favourite artists

a week in tatters

6 Feb
Jan Mullen
WEEK FIVE (january 30-february 5) There were some productive aspects of this week but mostly it was a week in tatters…. A devilish ‘bug’ sent a wave that had a large part of our family running to the ‘little room’ ... Read more »

our little house, the reading pile

priority push-me-pull-you

30 Jan
Jan Mullen
WEEK FOUR (january 23-29) For quite a while I’ve been trying really hard to come up with ways to use my time wisely and consistently, but a continual priority push-me-pull-you of tasks and projects that, like toddlers, demand my attention ... Read more »

AGWA, back to my past, gallery hopping, my home, my studio, organization, The Quilt & Textile Study Group of WA listening to, project priority, stargazey

Whack. There I go again!

23 Jan
Jan Mullen
WEEK THREE (january 16-22) Yet another abnormal week for me, and knowing it was to be thus helped me to reiterate the thought, mentioned in the last post, that Feb 1 is the official start to my new year. The ... Read more »

back to my past, organization, our little house project priority, stargazey

the new year starts soon….

18 Jan
Jan Mullen
WEEK TWO (january 9-15) Photos this week come courtesy of NGV where we spent a tiny bit of time before we flew home on Monday. We toured through Shut Up and Paint, appreciating the variety and the curation, rather than ... Read more »

away, gallery hopping, organization, quilts future thoughts

filled from top to bottom

16 Jan
Jan Mullen
WEEK ONE (january 2-8) The new year comes with deadlines and priorities. The last weeks of 2016 have given us extra priorities as we help to ready our daughter’s house house for market – and I still have the quilt ... Read more »

away, back to my past, gallery hopping, out visiting, quilts, the reading pile

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