Even with my afternoon “hiatus” bike ride… I’ve finally gotten all of the pottery,
boxes, shelves, crates, masks and everything else downstairs to my basement storage
room. I was so glad that the weather today was warm, the stairs were clear & dry,
and that I’ve got that “New Year’s” bug to start cleaning everything!!!
So, I finally have my condo back to being a condo – and not a retail store.

But now you should see the mess in the storage room!!! Yikes!!!
Not to mention the Christmas decorations that are next to go!

Okay, so the original plan was to work all day today “finally” taking down the
“Home Show” pottery & shelving. The back stairs are finally clear & dry… so it’s
been a busy morning of shlepping stuff down there flights of stairs! Fun, huh?
I had been pretty focused – but then the sun peek out. Uh oh… The weather is nice,
the streets are clear & dry, and my bike was calling to me for its first ride of the
New Year! So I decided that I “deserved” a break from the shlepping.

And since I had missed my 2010 mileage goal… by a mere 130 miles…
I’m bound & determined to make the mileage goal this year! So I’m off to an early start.
And it was a beautiful ride! A few frozen puddles. A few sections of ice & debris strewn
across the bike trail. A long stretch of huge potholes just south of Fullerton. But still,
the subtle beauty of Winter was only matched by the joy of being back on my bike.
Even if it is just for a day or two before Winter strikes again!

And now back to the dismantling project.
It’s been over a month and a half since the first Home Show,
and a month since the second Home Show. I’ve been living in my own retail store
in my condo for almost two months now! So what’s the hurry…

Yesterday my family got together for the last of our Christmas celebrations,
this time with my Aunt Marilyn & cousin Kim who missed the first gathering.
Some more gifts. Some more food. Some more stories.
And one very special gift from my adorable five-year old niece Taylor!

She’s apparently been saving “supplies” in a drawer for awhile now, much to the
chagrin of her somewhat neat-nikish father Scott! But she finally made her vision
come true. With a beautiful art fair booth for me!!! Complete with snow-covered roof,
falling snowflakes, a Christmas tree and curled ribbon garlands.. that she had saved
from her Christmas presents! Adorable.