it’s sooo hot…

We’re rushing to finish pricing all our stuff for the garage sale — we’ve got maybe half of it done so far? My mom’s coworkers brought over a lot of stuff, too, so our living room and garage are completely full to the top that it’s hard to move around. She wants to start the sale tomorrow, but: a) we aren’t done yet, b) it’s gonna be like 100+ degrees, c) there’s a local sporting event / festival-y thing going on this weekend and I don’t think many people are gonna be out garage sale-ing, y’know? And a lot of our stuff is under a dollar, so I feel like we aren’t really gonna get much and our effort isn’t gonna be worth it…

Also, we’re suddenly planning to go to New Orleans for a week in September. Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely excited! I’ve never traveled or anything before; the furtherest I’ve gone is a day trip to the art museum in Chicago, which was like a three hour drive. I’m just very nervous by nature, though, and worry about all sorts of things — is the weather going to be alright? how are we going to pay for this? and, what all is even involved in travelling??

Besides that stuff, I’ve been working on typesetting and binding a cute little oneshot, to ease me back into bookbinding after not doing it for a couple months! I’ve got the book block all ready, sewn and glued, but, with the garage sale this weekend, I have to wait to finish it. :( I’m trying out a new style of binding (Steifbroschure) and just focusing on designing something that makes me happy. I spent a whole day looking through headpieces and tailpieces and cul de lampes and other little cute old designs on Wikisource — *insert car selling meme here* this bad girlie can fit so much public domain flower art! When I get the time to finish it, I’ll be sure to post pics with more info!