Deep Breath and Prayer

I went with a lighter board as a test, we will see how it holds up. It was hard to cut because it was so big and I don't have a jigsaw. Tried to use the scroll saw but just snapped blades. End up using tin snips and then the magic sander to shape the rough edges out - best purchase I ever made. Next project will be better, I now have the router! Well, not too bad, I think it will pass as a tree. Ah, add a black border, ok, NOW it looks like a tree! Yes, there we go. I can't lie, I was quite surprised that it came out so well, even at this point. I am not even sure what I did there with the trunk, yet it seemed to work. Sometimes you get the best results when you have no clue what you are trying to pull off. Holy cow, by the third iteration, I finally decided on a configuration for a stand. I kind of laugh at this picture as it looks like the board on the right is smiling. ha! leave it to me. My idea was to make something that could sit on the barrels. As well, make something th...

I did. I really did. It's 8pm and I still have so much on my todo list before I can go to bed yet I need a moment to stop and breathe. As well, maybe it will help me put things into some kind of priority. Pay bills is probably number one. Got paid friday and have procrastinated that one. Have not procrastinated spending money aside from the bills though. It will all work out. Laundry is running. Seems when you are playing in sawdust everyday you go through more clothes. Hmm, who knew. Dishes are in the sink in new dishwater. And that leaves putting velcro on six whiffle balls. I think I can pull that all off by midnight. I got the tree done and the stand. Oh that stand. I don't know how many times I changed that silly thing. In the end I came up with one that fits over the water barrel - thus it is smaller, AND it actually can have 2 games attached to it. I already know the next one I am going to made, yet not this week. I decided that the bulk of things would be put togetehr w...