Oh boy, we've got some catching up to do...

Since we last spoke, I've taken on quite a bit. Some light construction around the house and a whole lot of woodworking, both here and at the school. Let's back up to December.

Back in December, my Dad came down from Salem to help me with some of the kitchen.

Dad was able to help me get the drywall up both in the bathroom, kitchen and kitchen ceiling. The interesting thing about a ceiling with heating coils is that it is substantially thicker than one sheet of drywall. Unfortunately, not quite as thick as two sheets of drywall. In the picture above, Dad has some of the exposed coils covered in mud and has a lot of joint compound around the perimeter of the drywall where the wall and closet used to be.
Early in January, I finally got to milling down some lumber that a client had brought to me to make some massive salmon fillet boards.








 Glue-up finally got started in June.

January also held the opportunity to build a jig to cut half-lap joints on my router table.


I spent some time steelhead fishing (unsuccessfully) with Bill and learned how to make his version of brownies.

Press an entire batch of chocolate chip cookie dough into a 9x13 baking dish. Layer Oreo and Nutter Butter cookies on top. Pour an entire batch of brownie mix over everything. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean. Absolutely amazing.

January also held the opportunity to re-work some furniture from college into something a bit smaller and more useful to me now...namely, reducing the height of the wine rack by about 12 inches.







February was mainly a few trips, the acquisition of pole vault pads for the track team and gobs of pictures of the kiddo.

In March, I whipped up a new storage solution for the air tools in the shop at school.


I also started working on the pad cart for the track team in earnest.








Toward the end of May, I finally got around to replacing the top to my workbench at home with something a little better than the OSB that was there before. A bit bigger to boot.

I'll get a picture of the final product from the couple soon.

I was also honored with the privilege of being the best man in my best friend's wedding. I also got to make the "guestbook" and the groomsman gifts as well. 

Once school got out for the summer, I was able to finish the texture and paint for the new kitchen wall as well as paint the rest of the living room. Most recently, I purchased a table saw, got to see an original Enigma encoding machine, built a drum sanding table for my drill press and got the corbels almost finished for the kitchen island. 

That's a good start...