After weeks of retail therapy via Amazon and Rio Grande online, I have
the vast majority of what I need to start and complete copper and silver jewelry
soldering projects. I am still looking
to get a used dresser and chest of drawers for toolbox/storage. That will happen soon.
I put what I have in small boxes for now. Tonight I got to do a tiny bit of torch work
melting silver wire into tiny balls. The
progress was in getting a mini-crock pot setup to pickle (mild acid wash) the
post-torch metal to get the oxides off it.
So my work area is not completely set up but I did get more of a sense
of how it would go.
I am wondering whether or not to put my PC or plants in front of the
window. Hmmm. I had my PC in front of the window for a
dozen years. The plants have been in
front of the window for the last year. We’ll
see.
Today was Lea’s birthday. I
bought her a cake. Brittany got balloons
and we sang her happy birthday at the meeting this morning. That usually does not happen at meetings. Coincidentally, it was also the birthday of a
teenager in early recovery. That was
nice. A couple of us took Lea to lunch
after the meeting. I got her a
surprisingly inexpensive attractive synthetic ruby pendent and earring set from
Sears. The jewelry looks nice. She liked her birthday.
I am grateful for my new toys, hobby, friends and being of service to
others today. It was a nice day.
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