What Have I Done?

I'll tell you what I've done. I've given in to "Kid Pressure", but DYM says that it's all Blackbird's fault. Truth be told, I've kinda wanted to have a blog, because it seem's to be the cool thing to do, but I don't know if I can stand the pressure of coming up with something to say everyday, or even every other day... or so. When my kids were little they always wanted to hear stories about when I was little, so I may get a lot of that out here, as well as what ever else pops in to my head from time to time.

Anyway, like I said in my profile, I like woodworking. I've dabbled a little over the years, but I got more serious about it about 3 1/2 years ago when we were able to buy some good equipment. So, I enjoy taking stuff that looks like this:










And turning it into stuff that looks like this (this actually did come from the pile of wood in the first picture):

So, someday when I retire in the next 4 to 8 years, that is what I would like to do with my time, make stuff for around the house and for my kids and grandkids, and maybe the occaisional thing to sell. But I will never take custom orders. My philosophy is that if someone sees something they like that I've made, I'd be happy to sell it to them for the right price, but if I take orders then they've suddenly become my boss, and I've spent too long getting out of that racket, and I don't want to go there again.

Okay, so much for day one.

TTFN