I took the afternoon off because I was dying to test my glass cutter and work on rocks.

The only piece of glass I had to test was the door off the old entertainment stand. It didn’t take long to figure out it was tempered.

I got the textured paint a day early, so I worked on some “rocks” for the pond island. Carved with a Fat Max saw, brushed with a wire brush to shape, sprayed with a flat black base coat.

Added brown, grey and russet textured paints. I’ll sand this with 60 grit paper to remove any loose bits, then spray on a thin coat of granite textured paint, and a matte top coat. I’ll glue them to the island with black expanding foam.

Since I couldn’t work on glass, I groomed my plants, repotted a bunch of them, washed them with insecticidal soap, finally hung up the sconce pot, and installed the hook for the Pot From Hell. I took a panoramic picture, but light was poor, and I don’t have it fixed to put on here (too wide and wouldn’t be useful because width is limited in my blog). Anyway, I did accomplish some stuff, and P came home very early with his new glasses frames. I paid for them as a Valeversary present, though they were under warranty and only $19.95. I didn’t know that when I agreed to buy them, though, so I guess it still counts!