As some might now, I've been working on clearing my pile to make room to build a shed on skids in our front yard. Two of the logs had slid down the hill, and I had pulled them up. Then I moved the old small wood rack from the backyard to by the front door and filled it. Since then I've made no headway on the firewood as I shifted to woodworking projects. There are several projects I have lined up for the wife, the house, and the shop. List: Rolling bin for the kitchen to put the trash can, dog food and recycle bin in. Christmas trees for the kids Farmhouse king bed frame made from oak. Dining room table - concrete top to replace existing table. It will be polished with a food grade polish. Draws for the rolling bench. The rolling bin and Christmas tree projects are both partially done. Every time I hit a point I can't move forward on either of those projects, I work on the other. That has prolonged each project. Along the way, I talked myself out of a shed on skids. The simple reason is that the sheer size and weight would make it impossible to move it into the backyard. I've been considering smaller modular sheds in the same footprint, but I'm not sure how that would work.
I have the bed project going too. Wife wants this one, got most of the materials this week just have to get a free day to get started. Probably after Christmas. Pulling carped in our bedroom and putting down hardwood and repainting the room. Master bath is next project this winter.then it goes to pulling linoleum and putting down ceramic tile in kitchen, hallway, breezeway, and bathroom. After that it’s a for sale sign.
Good list of projects you have there. I always seem to have several projects going at once here too. I'll work on one, get bored with it and sometimes start another. I'm not always a start to finish project person. Sometimes I have to get materials, set up some tools, or even find them. If I hit roadblocks out of frustration, I take a break, plan out the next move, and continue when ready. It could be days later. I do find when I get past the roadblocks, the project is easier to finish. Dedicating time, even if it is a half hour, is a step to completion. Proper planning is a good part of it. Right now I have a kitchen table to work on. The legs and skirt are done. My roadblock is the planks for the table top are stored in the barn loft. I have to pull them out, pull nails, rip the edges square, cross cut them to length, etc. My radial arm saw is in pieces right now. I have to put that together to cut them properly. These planks are about 14' feet long. I know what needs to be done, getting there is the challenge. Good luck and I hope you can figure your way to get things done.
I find I get several sewing projects started and work at different times on them. I always like to have a project going to watch TV with as well as working in the sewing room. Love the bed project boettg33
Here is the link to the Farmhouse bed I am building. This bed is overly rugged in my opinion. I modified it to bring down the weight. For example, the cap of the headboard and foot board has two 2X4" boards. I've replaced them with 1X4" oak boards glued together. Same dimension, but I believe they are a nicer board. There are other places I've replaced 2X4"'s with oak boards glued together. If anyone wants the modified plans, let me know.
That is exactly what happens to me. I hit a part of the project where either I have to figure out how to do something or I don't like how I planned it. When that happens, I'll go watch TV for a while. I've closed the shop for several days one time. Other times, I'll set that project aside and get materials for my next project and start on it. All of this use to drive my dad and now my son bonkers. My dad called it laziness. Though I am pretty sure I picked it from him. I think the reason he thought it was laziness is that. I wouldn't tell him why. Which was no different than what he'd do. There was a time and still is that I will put off work that I do not like or don't know how to do (work I don't care to learn.). I would procrastinate forever and a day on those things. My dad would ask me why I didn't do this or that, and I would avoid answering. He wasn't like that. Even the work he hated to do, he just did it. Now that he's gone, I've gotten better at it.
My mom was a seamstress and a damm good one at that. Our family room was her shop and she had a tv in there along with a music. She worked tirelessly in there tons of hours and still kept the house clean, the meals cooked and clothes clean. Not to mention she did this as a recovered alcoholic. Back then I didn't have an appreciation for what she did. Now I realize that she was Wonder Woman. Not that this matters, but I know her pay doubled my dad's.
Unfortunately I would rather sew and craft than clean house. Good on your mother for the grit and determination to beat alcohol. Sewing was probably her rescue.
Dang, that describes my dad and i perfectly!! Often have to sit and take some time to think of a solution, drives my dad nuts!
