Will these be ready for holiday shoppers?

I was writing to another potter who asked about my crazing problem. I had to confess that I don't have a solution on the crazing yet – and I had a very long response/rationale about the delay in problem-solving. She suggested I share it with you all...

It's more a logistical/time dilemma than a pottery problem right now. I probably should have addressed the crazing right away, but instead I set the whole boondoggle aside for later and went on to make some other work. I figured I'd use other glazes in a new cycle so that I had some successful pots to put out. (There's a big holiday shopping event in November in the downtown area of Cambria where my studio gallery is now located. I have a fantasy of being ready.)

But, before I got back to the crazed ware (or any glazing any other ware for that matter), I had a month-long work assignment and no time for pots. I am fortunate to have retained four great marketing clients in Bakersfield and still enjoy working with them -- so off I went, from the coast of Cambria to Bakersfield, leaving my pottery work behind.

Right after I finished my work project, we went to North Carolina for a week to visit potter friends.

The same day we returned, we started moving. We are going to be leasing out our house in Bakersfield to other friends (who are losing theirs in the midst of all the economic badness). The house is pretty large, with a "mother-in-law" quarters that we'll stay in when we're in town for my work or visiting family and friends who live here. 

My husband's family has lived in this house for three generations and there are discoveries in the recesses of every closet. In just five days, we've made a gazillion trips to the Salvation Army with our pick-up full of stuff, stuff, stuff. 

This process requires MANY boxes. As it turns out, I have a knack for finding good (clean) boxes. A little dumpster diving has been called for... The back-alley of our northeast shopping center is like a treasure-trove!

We head back over to the coast tomorrow, and we'll be moving into our remodeled house there. It's been a year-long project and WE'RE EXCITED. We've had the house for many years, but it's been rented out to others. We're really eager to move in and make it our home.

In the meantime... I have pots in Cambria awaiting glazing. I have pots in Bakersfield awaiting bisque firing. I also brought a box of the crazed ware back here to Bakersfield, thinking that I'd pop them in the kiln here and see if refiring would solve the problem. But, in the midst of the chaos, I dropped a xxx@@@!!! kiln plug and it smashed to smitherings. I didn't have an extra here so I ordered a replacement. But, in my blurred state, had it shipped to Cambria!

So... I figured that was some higher power telling me to just chill. The pots will have to wait until my world stops spinning for a bit which, according to my TYPE-A get-it-all-done mindset, should be in approximately two weeks. Ha!!

If I time it just right,  I just may be able to finish the bulk of the packing, get the moving done, get the pots glazed and fired, and be ready for holiday shoppers! What do you think?