Things are moving right along. I now have my South Carolina Class A license.

Have passed my physical. Have a job offer. Vivian is having that lasik surgery done shortly before I go. So off I go to drive truck again on October 19th. Nine and a half years to get to this point. There is a chance that I will have trouble....but I know all about troubles...not going to worry about it. I have been seriously hitting the gym. I am truly doing all that can be done.

Last post I mentioned making cream cheese. I made it. Yum!!!

Lots of hours for the two steps. But it was just waiting. Never required much effort.  It really was simple. Heat milk to 72°. Added the mesophilic quick set. Cover with towel. Let set on counter 15 hours. Pour in cheese cloth. Hang for about 12-14 hours(depends on how thick you want it) to let the whey drain out. Ready to eat. We like it on fruit or good grainy crackers. Even at 40° it still spreads easily on toast.

I will never eat store bought cream cheese again. I don't even want to know what they do to make that gelatinous mess. Was same way with tofu. I will never eat store bought again. It is as un-natural as the cream cheese you buy. Next is feta cheese. Not that I like feta cheese so much...but feta cheese will require the use of rennet and the extra steps that are similar to the steps for making cheddar. Then will make cheddar. Already learned quite a bit about the process just from the cream cheese.

Our baby dove took off a while back.

I got this picture a couple days before it left.

Getting anxious to get to work on Mary Lee. I will certainly be working on that nester dinghy....finally.

I do like wood work. Some of the necessary eqiuipment I will be buying is what is required to do the fancy laminated wood for marine applications. If you spray contact cement and laminate on a boat....it is doomed to fail. You use a type of epoxy. Bag it. Vacuum compress it for the required hours and it is permanent. The tools and equipment I will buy to do Mary Lee will allow me to do the same work on any boat or camper.

 These are a couple boats I want to build. The desire to build boats is overwhelming to me. I am absolutely setting myself up for this.

I love the looks of these boats. Top is a cedar lapstrake. Bottom is an Oughtred clinker built. But as much as I like those two. I want one of these

As a nester. It is an Oughtred design like sailing version above. But only 8 feet. I knew I needed to build this dinghy the instant I saw the picture. Its big brother above is also on my hit list. It will be nice to be set up to do these.

Of course...I have lots of projects planned. Going to work is sure going to make the s--t hit the fan :-)