I'm still alive
I’ve had the last two weeks off. It has been very relaxing and I ended up doing very different stuff with my time than expected.
Accomplished:
- I built most of the radiator cover for our guest bedroom. This one is more or less a prototype since I’m using pine and I don’t know if that will hold up to the heat or warp and twist. I’ll have to put up some photos soon. I got some hints from this other radiator cover, including how to do mission/arts and crafts style vertical slats. The front and top are done, I just need to make some sides.
- I got a sewing machine and taught myself how to do basic sewing. The big projects coming up are making an underquilt for my Hennessey Hammockand a seat cushion for the living room bench seat. So far I’ve made a little case for my digital camera and I’ve done about 2/3rds of the work on a Carradice-style saddlebag for my bikes. I have no interest in making clothing but I think that making more custom bags will be handy and cool. I was going to include some photos of my projects so far, but my camera battery just died so I’ll do it later.
- I went snowboarding on New Years Eve with my friend Kathy. We didn’t really have snow last year, so this was my first trip in a very long time. The snow was pretty good and I got a good number of runs in. My knee didn’t bother me at all!
- Today (New Years) I went for a fun bike ride with a lot of cool people on interesting bikes.
- Lots of hanging out with Christine and other friends.
- Lots of catching up on sleep. Normally I don’t sleep more than 8 hours a night, but on this vacation that has grown to around 10. It is going to take a while to get used to my old sleep schedule and waking up at 6am.
I had high hopes for more projects around the house but did very few of them (on the other hand I didn’t think I’d be teaching myself to sew over the holiday). Hopefully sometime this winter I’ll get around to putting new lights in our living room (ripping out the last track lighting in the house), building the new storage rack in our basement, and perhaps putting in a basement sink.
I hope everyone else was able to take some good vacation time and spend some time with family.
alex