Pompeii Oven in Switzerland: the Saga Continues...

[Frances]

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Right, the housework is FINISHED! Back to work!

...Ha ha, not really...

But I finally got back out there, after tons of rain etc.

Thank you Christo... I did do one or two practice peices first.

Dusty, Sarah, its always lovely to have you on the forum! So here, specially for you... some red swirls.

[dusty]

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Not hate... resent. You'll be a hard act to follow.

dusty

[Frances]

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BTW, when they get old enough & leave home, they'll remember your oven and your cooking - not your cleaning.

Good point, thats what I always tell myself. I imagine my son in about 20 years time telling his wife-to-be: My mother baked all her own bread... Ha ha, she'll hate my guts!

[Frances]

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Its nice to know we're all in the same boat... I don't know what my lot will get up to once they're older, but shoes, jackets, reprogrammed and lost remotes and telephones, dirty plates and glasses and half eaten apples and bananas ALL over the place... they already figure prominently in my life.

I must say in defence of my wonderful husband that we share the housework, so he's quite entitled to grumble if I don't do my bit...

I like what you said about construction work Elizabeth. A wall stays done. I wouldn't survive if I didn't make something solid and lasting from time to time.

[gjbingham]

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Sucks, huh Sarah? Run your buns off every day cleaning up behind the little monsters and they never even notice. My new life......

[sarah h]

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Like Dusty - whenever I log onto the forum, Switzerland is the first place I visit and I'm never disappointed! Stellar job!!

So ... how's that housework coming along ?
Don't worry, you're not the only one who hears such things .

And Elizabeth, with mine at 16 & 18, I hear you about those socks, shoes and jackets, not to mention dirty plates and glasses - everywhere!! Then there's the cleaned out fridge and missing telephones & TV remotes. Yes, Frances, enjoy them while they're young.

BTW, when they get old enough & leave home, they'll remember your oven and your cooking - not your cleaning.

Sarah

[dusty]

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Frances,
I have been away for awile but my curiosity brought me back to the forum and straight to Switzerland.
Thanks for the pics...I must admit that I didn't read all the posts....but I did look at the pictures.
So amazing!

I, again, propose a WFO "Hall Of Fame".

All in favor?

dusty

[christo]

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I love the glass/tile work!!! Absolutely wonderful. - It's not the first time you done this is it?

I better find a way to block your thread from my wife - she'll be wanting me to tear off the roof of our oven so she can do a similar thing.

Really nice work!!

Christo

[SpringJim]

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Frances....cooking is part of the housework right?

Shut down the oven for a while and I bet they would change the tune!

[egalecki]

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...yesterday my husband suggested that I start spending a little bit more time on housework and little bit less on the oven, so who knows...?

...Oooops...

Rain for the next couple of days anyway, so that'll kind of sort itself out

And a big old wet raspberry to him! If housework and laundry stayed done and didn't need redoing all the time, I'd be happier to do it....

Seriously, one of the reasons construction appeals to me is because when I put up a wall, it stays. I can build on to it. Dirt and dust keep happening... you never get past the "I need to clean" part- especially with kids and pets.

I graduate my last two children in a couple of weeks, which leaves us with one at home for the next year. (we have six between us, and a lot of pets) I am looking forward to fewer shoes lying where they dropped, fewer jackets lying in strange places, and to no mysterious socks who have NO owner!

but enjoy yours while they're smaller- they leave home eventually, and while you're ready for it on a lot of levels, on others it's still a rude surprise...

[Frances]

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...yesterday my husband suggested that I start spending a little bit more time on housework and little bit less on the oven, so who knows...?

...Oooops...

Rain for the next couple of days anyway, so that'll kind of sort itself out

[gjbingham]

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You'll be done way before August Frances!

[Frances]

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...and some green.

Now that its filling up in places I keep thinking of more twirly bits I could have put in if I had done it all a bit differently. There's a time window of about two hours where I can decide to remove bits I don't like, but after that its stuck there for good. So there's no going back...

Phew, looks like a quarter of the oven is covered by now... or maybe a third... thats one big surface out there!

[sarah h]

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Frances, it's looking fantastic - hard to believe it's going to do nothing but get even better ... can't wait!

[Frances]

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Looking great Fances. How long does it take you to do a section such as the blue swirls pictured? Must be hours and hours.

Takes a while... I'm using a lot of cement-based tile mortar to squish up between the tiles, so I won't be grouting it afterwards, and that'll save one step at least And I don't do a swirl in one go anyway, I need to think about what come next after each bit. Actually hours and hours is a pretty good estimate.

Definately don't do this unless you enjoy doing it!