Thinking and Thinking and Sniffling and Thinking

I am in the throes of my autumn ick so my head is stuffy and my throat is scratchy and all that rot. The good thing is that I only have to leave my home to get gas and pick up my grocery order, so I can spend some time wallowing in my home for the rest of the day. 

I am gathering a pile of things to laminate for myself and for the future exhibits that I am planning for this spring. At some point, I will sit down and laminate everything before cutting things out and then finishing the projects. I went through the projects that I taught during Creativity Camp 2026, and I have a stack of things ready to sell to others. It is not enough, but that's okay. I priced some materials and found them significantly above the amount that I want to spend, so I am working on additional ways to get books made. I may just print one copy and sell digital resources at the exhibit of the books. I will be able to make enough copies to have one of everything...

I am making lots of plans.

In the meantime, I will continue to make things for my exhibits. I want to have file folders, bookmarks, books, journals, stickers, and fun stuff for the tables. I am trying to visualize how things will look and what I will need to accomplish before this can happen.

Dreaming is a good thing when you don't feel very well...

That's it for today. I have about 90 minutes before I need to go to the store and get my grocery order. I will see you tomorrow.

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