Busy at work getting ready to be out of town next week. Busy at home because I'll be gone for a week. Managed to watch a few new to me movies, both on DVD (Life as a House, Wall-E) and in the Theater (Star Trek). Did more food prep (hamburger buns, brat buns, rhubarb coffee cake, cream cheese rhubarb bars, dinner for 12 of grillables) and it was ( Read more... )

Been getting side tracked from the things that I put down to do for an evening or day, but still getting things done that need to be done and just happen to fall into place. Been getting a lot done out in the yard with the nice weather that we have been having ( Read more... )

Yesterday went well. After work there was a stop at costco for some grocery items and a ready-done chicken for dinner, then home to eat it. After dinner I headed out to the garage. I managed to arrange things enough to plane the parts for the frame down to proper dimensions. Now I need to get a new sheet of plywood before going further with that ( Read more... )

Friday I picked up the plastic for the frame that I'm making so that is one more thing off the supplies list. Then I managed to finish up on the alt.kilt racks and hand them off. Then it was the routine of loading up the booth into the truck. Saturday was setting up the booth at the market and then heading to the MATC graduation ceremony. That ( Read more... )

Been a productive weekend. Friday morning I picked up the steel angle I needed for the trailer on the way to work. Friday night I cut it to fit and welded it on to the trailer (status picture). Saturday morning I filled the back of the truck with cedar and came home and made the new garden boxes, there is one more to go in this first round, but I ( Read more... )

Friday I took off from work a bit early so we could be on the road about the time I normally leave. From there it was 7+ hours of driving up to a friend's place. Spent Saturday doing a bunch of nothing, with a side of not much. Sunday was back down to the cities for a fabric store run for booth cases, and a bit of wandering at IKEA before heading ( Read more... )

I left work on Wednesday and a few blocks away the car lost power and I coasted it to the curb. Had it towed to the dealer that was right near by to have it looked at. A co-workers wife was able to give me a ride home as it was on her way from Cross Plains, said co-worker had left early and was already on the other side of town but he arragned ( Read more... )

Taxes went better than the initial numbers led on, which is good. Then I picked up the few missing things from menards for the current basement task. Got the outlet done and the paneling re-installed. Then I moved the freezer to the new outlet location. That is when the plan broke down ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I was able to stay mostly on task. Started by dropping alyska off at her arts thingy and then making a trip to Menards for a few things; router bit, cold weather extension cord, plug end for the new coolant heater socket on the Jetta, plug end for the double oven in the garage ( Read more... )

Last night was successful erranding and then a quick and easy dinner before heading over to the studio. Once there, I trimmed and installed the pegboard next to the other one, and then came home. I didn't have the motivation to dig into the pile in the corner and thin it out. Second test of the new cordless circular saw was a success, granted it ( Read more... )