A good day to work in the shop.

It has officially started. A brand new year is usually not something I particularly pay attention to but if I want to play with the big kids online I have to think differently. I work at a motorcycle resort for seven months in the summer. In the winter, when I am laid off it is a bit timeless. Most of the time I have no idea what day it is! Ha!

Most years it is fairly warm until the end of December and then the temperature drops. By the middle of February it is so darn cold, my DH and I automatically pack the truck and head for SW Florida to see the kids. We are particularly looking forward to it this year as we had so many health issues last year we missed our trip.

The weather outside is frightful. We are socked in low lying clouds and we are right on the freezing point so it isn't rain, it's glop-ping down.

As I passed through the shop I snapped a photo of a project I am almost finished with.

This poor machine was found at a roadside, community sale in Andrews NC about four weeks ago. The man wanted more than the $10 dollars we paid for it but it was covered with mildew, rust and the case had completely apart in individual boards. He insisted it ran but the wiring was so bad I wasn't about to plug it in.

My husband lugged it into the shop and put it on the table. He cleaned it, oiled and waxed it. He spent some time polishing the chrome and while it isn't perfect it sure looks shiny.  Then he handed it over to me to adjust and rewire. He is a competent electrician but his big hands make it hard to do fiddly little electrical connections that involve soldering. At first I was going to reattach the hardware on the case with new screws like the ones that came out but I decided  that since the wood had been through enough, I went and got small bolts, washers and nuts to put  it back on with to make it stronger. Then all I have to do is touch up the heads with black paint to match and it will be done.

What are you doing on this first day of the year?

Enjoy yourself, I heard it sets the tone for the coming year.

Hugs, Sue