today was the 3rd trip to the MVD  motor vehicle division,  3rd for me,  and i think 5th for Travis?

all to get a license plate on a small ordinary utility trailer.

They never tell you the "whole story" at one time.  Just some.  Tell you what is missing.  Then you go back with that missing thing and there is yet one more thing.  Then another.  Today we thought we had it knocked.  They gave us a vehicle identification number to tatoo onto the trailer frame.  Travis brought his tools to do that,  i think a 10 digit number.  Tapped away in the parking lot.  DONE!  and YAY!!!  We wait more time till it's our turn again and she blithely states that it is raining and they cannot come outside and look at it to verify it in the rain.  There was a single cloud above that would drop maybe 12 raindrops at a time???????????  HUH??????  She said no.  She didn't explain until i just stood there staring at her in disbelief….she finally explained that if there was so much as a single water mark on the paperwork,  the State would reject it.    o.   ok.  so we go back tomorrow.  Each time you go,  you take a number and wait your turn.  Almost always it's a couple hours.

so that was today.  Work away in the morning hours,  this immediately after.

I think,  When i Get There,  i will do nothing that involves paperwork for as long as humanly possible.

 

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looking for the Diaries Cloth i also found this.  Walnut dyed Silk Noil  from during Jude's 20th Century Rags workshop.  Handsewn.  a Morning Dress,  a 

housedress.

i will put on this housedress and do NO paperwork.  I will wander with Goats and look at plant people.  Will find out where the wild turkeys live.  Will take Emrie down to the canal and watch the water.

 

 

 

 

 

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7 responses to “inundated with doings”

  1. Hazel Avatar

    This is a VERY GOOD plan.

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  2. Sandi Avatar

    Beautiful Plan! You will be surrounded by some pretty awesome company!! Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this new adventure. We are hoping to make a move of our own. xoxo

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  3. Mo Crow Avatar

    (((Grace))) your dream of the new life on the hill is so beautiful!

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  4. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Bless your stoic patience and persistence. I know these kind of delays by official agencies…and I swear, most of the time it seems like the multiplying hoops and gates they challenge one to endure are designed to discourage all comers. It’s not personal at all, just bureaucratic operating procedure to regulate the flow of work. So glad just one more trip to the finish line on this task. Soon, the gorgeous nut brown house dress and her mistress will be communing with goats, grand kids, and gardens under a canopy of California sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
    White alder (Alnus rhombifolia), and if you’re really lucky – Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

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  5. jude Avatar

    I’ll put on my wind robe and you can watch for me overhead.

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  6. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Love everything about the dress … its history .. its color. Mostly that it holds an image of what is to come!

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  7. Martine Bos Avatar

    Oh how good you will look in that dress with Emrie on your hand, walking together and telling her fairytale stories……..

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