Not Large Enough...

I have offered Albert the use of the Nine Dollar Dollhouse... He is not really sure about it...

He saw Zar's house that is unoccupied right now and I think that he would like to take that over "Lock, Stock and Barrel".

He already talked Zar out of a bunch of furniture.  None of it is being used.  Zar seems to like his Half Timber Trailer. 

I am thinking that Zar doesn't want the responsibility of the gigantic Clockwork Cottage.

Albert seems to be cramped in the Nine Dollar Dollhouse.

I have the feeling that, once in his new place, he is going to do some more discovering of the universe... and the small house will never do...

He is really trying to settle in, but it is really cramped.  I have to admit that I probably wouldn't be happy living there either.

Albert talked Zar out of a LOT of his furniture for the Clockwork Cottage. He got it on the condition that, if Zar ever got the cottage up and running, Albert would turn the furniture over to him again.

They have had their heads together quite a lot today and I have the feeling that Albert is winning the battle.  He may just become the owner of the Clockwork Cottage, at the rate that their talks are going... I am just going to stand back and let it all happen.

I have other things to work on right now, so I am going to let the two of them settle whom gets what...

It seems to me that Tessie is awfully quiet about the whole thing... I think that she is going to stand back and let them settle it.  Then she will move in at the right time and take what she wants out of the mess that they make. 

Whatever they wind up doing, I am just going to stand back and not get in the middle of the squabble.

I am going back to work on other things.  See you tomorrow.

A Bad Case of Unfinished-itis....

I have to find a cure!...

I went through the house this morning, looking at all of the things that I have done...And haven't done...

I found that I have a bad case of unfinished-itis. Any of you that follow me regularly, know this. 

Usually, I don't worry about it.  When December hits, I start.

We are in charge of having the family, Christmas day.  And I start wanting everything to look nice.  Especially the things that sit at eye level.

The craft cottage is the easiest of the bunch.  It just needs a bit of straightening and the finishing of the rug... No problem-o.

Then there is Tessie's Townhouse.  It looks like a tornado hit it a while back... That was when I moved it from one side of the room to the other.  I had it facing the wall for a while... Now it is facing out and will be seen by one and all...

Tessie is not happy.  No wonder she is trying to take over Daisy's cottage...

This will take a bit more time.  I have never finished the lighting in this one... Oops!

Problem number three, for those that are keeping track... The half inch Fairfield sits on top of a bookcase, in the workroom.  Not so much of a problem... But... I started it in the 80s and the wallpaper inside is horrible now.

It can slide down the list a ways, because I can always blanket it. 

I had a friend that used to say... People are coming.  Get out the blankets!  Then she would simply cover the unfinished items...

Then there is the Clockwork Cottage.  Also on a top shelf... To blanket or not to blanket... That is the question... It is probably the most unfinished of all of them.

The $9.00 Mystery House is probably in the best shape, but I keep borrowing things from there to put in other rooms...

No wonder the owner never comes home... She has been over at Eskiaga's Southwestern Room for a number of years now...

I think that I am going to have to go around and collect the things that other people borrowed from her house.  Then it will be in pretty good shape.

These two are not last or least, but they do need to be finished.  The one on the left is April's Russian Cottage. 

I am not to worried about that one because April doesn't have any room for it at her house yet...  One of these days...

Again, these two cottages sit on top of bookshelves.  Not at eye level.  The weaver's cottage doesn't need a lot of work.  Inside framing and a few pieces of furniture.  This will probably be the first one of the high houses that gets finished. 

Anyway, I am going to stop working on other things for a while... I will keep working on Daisy's Cottage.  That one is down low. 

I need to get the rest of these to look good for the holidays.  Somebody stand beside me and poke me with a pointy stick when I stop working.  I have a lot to finish this month... Wish me luck!  I'm going to need it.

See you tomorrow.