A time to make haste

I'm super busy.  I have more items on today's "to-do" list than I have hours in the day.  I won't go into too many specifics, but it includes grocery shopping, running all over town looking for hard to find supplies, and the start of my pre-Thanksgiving house cleaning and baking.  I also have barely started tomorrow's altered book post that showcases my students.  Nothing like waiting till the last minute.  So, today's post is a quickie.  I decided to sand two of my future houses.  I began in the garage using a power sander, then finished in my craft room with a sanding sponge. 

After the sanding and tack cloth, I started the long process of gessoing these wood pieces.  It pains me to paint wood, but sometimes it has to be done.  While cleaning up after myself, I knocked both blocks over at one time or another.  The larger one I knocked forward, then backward.  I had a horrible mess and barely took time to get the worst of the gesso off my craft mat.  These are going to take awhile to dry, then the backs, second sides, and bottoms will need to be gessoed, too.  Finally, any touch up will need to be made prior to painting and decorating.  They definitely won't get finished today!

Today is Day 17 of AEDM.  Do you ever make art that takes longer than you anticipated?