The usual three Ante Meridian wake up today was because of the weather alarm sounding that the outside temperature has gone to below 20F. A quick jaunt down the stairs to the well-lit room and the woodstove, and back up again is as usual enough to wake me into thoughts of anxiety and eagerness. So therapeutic self-care requires I make a bit of writing to lose the thoughts and work out the logic that is my own personal philosophies on life. It is going to have to be either this or go on down the stairs again, but this time for a cup of coffee.
I passed the last hour and a half finishing the long video I started last night about spoke shaves. There is a strange thing about that tool that draws a person to wanting to work wood. I don’t know just what it is, but for some reason, whenever I get to thinking of it and using it, I want to go set up a piece and begin shaving it. It is a lovely tool and requires both hands to use it most of the time. The foot is short, and the feel of it against the wood is like how a Corvette feels on the road compared to the usual Camry. Every pebble, every crack is noticed, and it feels like your backside is in a hole that follows you around throughout the world as you go. The spoke shave is nimble and can hit a curve, even with a flat sole. I think it is something about all that which makes such a desirable tool to work with. The worst part of it is that it wants a good work holding device to get you going. Funny thing is that for such a small and nimble tool, it requires a shave horse or a work bench of some sort to keep the piece while you work with it.
What I need to do is make a piece of furniture. I want to do something with a cabinet. That generally does not require a spokeshave, by the way. But I would like to have some sort of piece to keep things in here in the house, and to have the practice and work out a few things that I have not got my head around just yet in the construction. I also want to do another table. It could be that what I need to do is a short cabinet for the bedside cupboard that will hold a shelf or two for books and a drawer above that I can put some other things into. I think an elevated back shelf on the top might be a good thing, too. Maybe that could be a lift top box that is sized to hold a tissue box or something. Point is that this idea might be just what I need to do to get some skills up and to put together something from some wood I have outside that should be dry by now.
I think I may be spending the weekend down in Logan driving if I really do see the Uber app light up when I am down there for some errands on Friday. We could really use the money to cover some bills and food. If that is successful, then I might have to do weekends down there and earn money, then spend the rest of the week making furniture and running my own at home business. I think it has the potential to be a good schedule.
Speaking of schedule, one of the best parts about doing Uber and Door Dash, if they work out with said plan above, is that I can just pack it in and leave work at any moment and not have to ask anyone for a bit of time off whenever I need. That is super appealing!
Also, speaking of schedule, Missus has got some markets scheduled as of yesterday, and we have some summer plans for her business. There is one coming in the next two weeks, in fact. I’ll be excited to see that play out. I need to make some things for it to try to flog off.
It is time to try to get an hour’s rest before it is time to wake up and take the kids to school. Cold weather is coming. I may have to get out and put some wood to the woodpile again. Also, I am still asking myself how getting two neighboring countries to put 10K soldiers each along our border is a victory? I am not seeing kt. Maybe I can sleep on it.