Tonight was family night after a very short lesson Stephanie said the closing prayer. The 3 oldest were less then reverent. Rule is if you are not reverent during prayers you go straight to bed no reading time and in this instance. no family night treat ( home made popcorn balls) the howling that ensued was of Titanic proportions. but the quote of the night and the reason for this post came from Trevor

"Can't we stop this consequence thing"

I have been explaining to Trevor when he needs discipline that there are consequences for actions. Stopping the consequence thing is so not my call. Way out of my league and I'm kind of glade about that.

part B with Pictures

I got a little more done on my work bench. this weekend was a bit of a recharge. I only worked 4 hours on Saturday and 7 today. Stephanie had a meeting on Saturday or I might of worked longer but it was a nice break. I am including some pictures dealing with my last post. also one of some shelves I built over christmas stand down. and one of Sterling because he is cute. if a little dirty.

I think I have decided to go with a simple lever and 4 bar type machine for the raising and lowering of the tool bench. I should be able to finish it next

month some time or possibly the month after depending on

time and finances. A picture is a good as a thousand words and I don't want to type that much so you-all will have to wait for the pitcher.

work feels more like school right now but I am learning some interesting things. right now I am learning about how to control nuclear reactors. I

could tell you more but well you know.

Garage organization + update

Hello World,

in the little spare time I have I am attempting to get the garage in order. I brought my tools with me but have no place to put them. I did take my old tool case from when I was a copier repair person and turn it in to a kind of fix it kit. inside are the basics.

6 way Screw driver (very handy)

hammer

Allen keys

adjustable wrench

small drill bit set + driver set

cordless drill

cordless impact wrench (my new favorite tool I highly recommend one)

pliers

ear plugs

gloves

tape measure

little wall hanging kit (drywall fasteners / picture hangers)

sharpie

pencil

torpedo level

that's about it

the idea is any time a project or chore needs done I grab my basic kit that has all the essentials in it all ready. so far I like it a lot. a cheaper tool box would work fine for most people I just happened to have my old tool brief case laying around.

I have one side of a tool bench built my hope is to make a sturdy bench that sits on big legs most of time but has casters (wheels) that lower so it can be easily moved. I have had lots of ideas on how to do this most would work but I'm not quite happy with any of them yet. I will end up putting the bench together and adding the casters and some point in the future. I would also like to build a smaller cart that holds my chop-saw at the right level so I can use the work bench as a feed table for it.

I am moving along at work. I am having to put in lots of hours to accomplish the things they want me to but I should be able to qualify by mid March. Time commitment should drop a little once at that point. until I get my first class.

I will stop this post before a ramble more maybe I'll try to do another one on different topics in a few days

CM