October 2023 – Page 4 – Greatwall Studios Graphic Design

Pushing Ahead & Waiting for… Something.

October 3, 2023greatwallstudiosLeave a Comment

I don’t mean to gloat but so far these last two weeks I have been crushing it on the day job side of things. Nearly 50% of all current projects that were forecasted to come my way by Christmas are done a first pass, and are in the review process for final edits, and last pass fixes. If I keep up this pace I can be free and clear for the ten or so days I need in November. Which is excellent news.

We are coming off the contact high from the fair, and all the responsibilities that entails. Plus the fair food hang over from such rich food stuffs we don’t typically indulge in – much. Ha. Lots of standing outdoors in the heat has left the kids tired and achey. Not to mention that we did not cease any of their extracurriculars either, so a tad overwhelming at the moment. I think we’ll have to spread throughout the week, and not cram it all in on Mon-Tues-Wed. We are all learning what the kids can and can’t handle on a day by day basis. If you want the opportunity to do stuff, you have to be able & willing to leave the house to go do it. If it’s a fight, it’ll get pulled come Christmas break when we have to sign up for 2024 stuff. Fun times.

I forget that today is Tuesday. Feels like a hell of a week all ready. And it’s only Tuesday! Tuesday!?! Really. This week has been a really long year it feels like. I also need to squeeze in some blood work later on today. Only a few hours from now, now that I think about it and actually look at a clock. I skipped breakfast this morning so I’m having an early lunch. And realize what time it is. Poof. And the day is gone. Crazy.

Here’s hoping you and yours are all well as he head into Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend. Ciao Bella!

Funny how easy it is for things to just slip away.

October 2, 2023greatwallstudiosLeave a Comment

Couldn’t tell you the last time I worked out, not off the top of my head anyway, I’d need to look it up. I was four or five days in and just poof – forgotten. Again. In my defense, weak though it will be, I was gearing up for the fair, finishing entries, bagging & tagging the kids stuff, delivering pumpkins to the fair grounds, and attending 23 hours of fair fun time over the course of three days. So I wasn’t sat idle doing nothing. My hips, ankles and back can attest to just how much walking, standing, and child lifting/carrying I was doing. I also wasn’t snacking the whole time either, much to my surprise.

We had hot sunny weather, and the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves. My eyes are starting to clear up from all the accumulated dust exposure. Now we turn towards Thanksgiving, Halloween, and doing yard clean up for leaves etc etc… if the wasps could just hurry up and die or go away I could clear off the apple trees, and co some late in the year pruning. But that’s another matter.

By best count it has been 18 days since our last rain. So everything is dusty and dry. Odd for September. But the weather has been odd for a while, and I see no change in sight. Going to hold off on the patio furniture and such for a bit more. I’d like to get a few more mild evenings under my belt sitting out on my deck at sundown. Though with how active the kids are that may prove to be a challenge. They can’t say we didn’t provide them with opportunities to try things. Sports, crafts, dance, theatrics you name it.

I think I have a new project coming in now, so I best sign off and get to work. Ciao Bella!

23 Cumulative Hours Logged at The Markham Fall Fair, and boy am I tired.

October 1, 2023greatwallstudiosLeave a Comment

Five hours, seven hours, and then the big whopper of eleven straight hours at the fair in one fell swoop. And my hips, ankles, and lower back are done for today, before I even got out of bed they were screaming at me to do a whole lot of nothing. Just in case I had forgotten that my body is now into the mid forties. It’ll send signals. It will let me know. This body is not shy about voicing its displeasure. So now I bow, and scrape and heed the warning signs, and I’ll spend a good few hours laid up in bed resting these hips, and keeping my feet elevated. Gotta save up energy for this evening when we have to go gather up all of our entries to bring them home!

We only get to go a few days every year so you have to make the best of it, and I think we accomplished just that this year. My oldest rode the Pharaohs Fury with her friend repeatedly, I lost count somewhere around their thirtieth go at it. It would not surprise me if they managed more than thirty five rides each on that particular carnival ride over the course of the afternoon, and into the evening. It was a huge hit. Those rides alone paid back the cost of both days worth of ride passes. Not that that ride was all they did either, we got them using the Scrambler, the Tornado, The Hang Glider, Alien Abduction, Cobra, spinning monkeys, the Bees, Monster Trucks, the Fish Tank, and atleast one more whose name I can not for the life of me remember. Bumper cars! Even I got on to the bumper cars this year. Very fun.

Three nights of fireworks too. All very nicely put together. A lovely change of scenery and wholesome family fun. I hope you managed to go and enjoy it too. Don’t forget: FREE PARKING!