I felt excitement today as I sat at work sort of dreaming about what could be, and if it was possible to make stuff for a living? I paid a lot of money last night for a dream(?) something that makes no sense yet also makes perfect sense… I have already let go of my […]
For some reason tonight teatime spiralled into to chaos with everyone crying with laughter after Lincoln told a story about a girl at school nearly choking to death on gum in class followed by Reagan suggesting that I was alive in 1925 Three family members rolled about the kitchen, unable to breathe, a bit like […]
£1000 is a lot of money that I could do without spending, all at once, but I know it is going to fast track me to a workshop kitted out with most of the equipment I would have spent the next few years collecting for twice if not three times the amount? It feels so […]
It has never been about the building itself but about the challenge of creating it and from the foundations to the finished product doing it all myself, and this weekend I finally got a glimpse of what my shed is going to look like and I found myself constantly looking at it and continuing after […]
The rain was not as bad as I expected today but it was enough to scupper my progress I wanted to crack on with cladding me shed but as stead rain started to fall it just got frustratingly more wet and muddy. I retreated to the inside and cut the off cut from what I […]
Rain rain and more rain forecast for this weekend following a week of rain means it could be w a wash out over the next couple of days with lots planned including installing cladding to the sides of my shed. Even if it does stay fine for a few hours the amount of water that […]
YouTube is so useful no matter what you need to know whether it be car maintenance, how to groom a horse or solve a Ribiks cube anything is on there and I have found myself watching wood shop videos and how best to organise a small space. It’s a shame Lesley is going away for […]
Where do I start with what is going on in my life right now when I am sat downstairs having just played really well at pool and managed to draw a match against atop side from 5 3 down feels really good. I spoke to Lesley tonight and offered her £1000 to take whatever I […]
Do I spend a Grand on tools I might never use, or tools I don’t have room for, Jamie has no idea what I am buying but noticed a glint in my eye and enthusiasm in my voice when I was telling her about bobbin disk and belt sanders router tables drill presses and Forstner […]
Sometimes all the planets align and everything is perfect but most of the time when planets get close to aligning I am doing something else and don’t notice… What if they’re aligning right now and I am actually staring at those stars? First round of redundancies were announced at work today and although I was […]