Category Archives: Woodshop
Oh the Horrors!
I have been quiet lately because I have come back to the work-a-day life I was in 20 years ago and more. Once again, I find myself working day after day to make hardly enough money to get by on. … Continue reading
Thoughts on Earning Money for 2025
I am doing a lot of work for the money I am earning. I can go and spend loads of time in town just to scare up $100 in earnings for the day. A third of it goes right back … Continue reading
Driving, and Chainsaw Grinder Justification
I have not been at the keyboard for a bit because I have been at the wheel instead, delivering food to whomever required. It is a trip driving professionally again. I have got nothing to say about the food. I … Continue reading
Dreaming of Quitting the Road
There is a hole in Logan that the GPS can take a person to, but it is not where a person is meant to go. What is worse, I am programmed to follow the GPS no matter what. I got … Continue reading
Driving and Wood
I went into town and earned money today, but only after dropping Missus and the kids to do a market in Preston this morning. I am disappointed that the app keeps telling my I am not taking photos as I … Continue reading
Dashing Through Time
I got together a few of the smaller pieces of scrap from the walnut in the burn bucket in the shop and put them on the lathe. I was thinking of egg cups, but they were too small. I turned … Continue reading
What Do You Do?
Oh! I am glad you asked! I am a couple of things. First, I am a husband and a father. Nothing comes before those. I do delivery on the weekends to help make ends meet. I also catch a photo … Continue reading
A Blast of Warm Weather
Today was a day off, more or less. I did mess with the larger chainsaw and determined that the chain hit something metal, and it blunted the points of the cutters on the right side pretty severely. The left cutters … Continue reading
Deliveries and Plans
It was another day of Door Dashing and Uber Eats for me today. I wanted to see if I could break $100 for the day, and I did. I made $541 for the week working on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, … Continue reading
Starvation Wages Feeding People
I am flogging my guts out for pennies at the moment. Tough stuff when there is such a horrible job market. I have spoken to one who has put in 70 job applications and heard nothing back on any. Missus … Continue reading