Valentines day has come and gone. Vivian and I had a nice dinner and I baked a cake for dessert.

So once again we are feeling a little sugared out.

I found the dinghy and day sailor plans I was looking for. This is my next dinghy build.

Dinghy is 8 feet long. I will build it in preparation of something bigger.

Will be studying the smaller one as I build it to see how I can make a nester out of the bigger one. This type of boat is certainly going to be more complex than the last one. I don't care, if I am doing the building, I want the nicest dinghy I can fit on Mary Lee.

Vivian found this jewel. How fun is that for a snow plow??

She also found this on a weird photo page somewhere.

The weather is getting nicer. Sunny again today. The storms that go through are just about all I can take. The pressure changes would put me out of work if I did indeed have a job. I get stronger all the time but sometimes it is frustrating to work so hard at recovery and still not be where I want to be. I am not kidding about being in Florida next winter.

Hopefully the arbor nut will be here for the tablesaw this week. I have the lumber out in the garage for the work bench. Also am building a larger table and sled for the tablesaw. Table will be big enough to make router table on one side. I will be building Vivian's cabinets at the same time I am doing the dinghy.

I like having more than one project going. While working on one project I am able to sort out any issue that came up on the other. Of course...I generally have several things I am thinking about at the same time. Yet...the answers I am searching for still keep popping in so I see no reason to do it any different :-)

I wonder at what age this will be too difficult to maintain. I sure am glad, I was able to figure out how to deal with pain without the narcotic pain meds. How fantastic that my brain is once again fully functional. Halfway through my 11th month without them. It has been a challenge, but not once have I "missed" them. At times I hurt so bad my eyes water but I refuse to go to another doctor just for that. When I am settled in Florida I will go in and get my Medtronics implant taken out. I have not used it since house sitting in Thompson Falls, MT.

The wheatgrass and fruit/veg juicing along with sprouting continues. I feel like a wheatgrass farmer. I am learning to sit on a heat pad before my back gets so knotted up. It helps. I even went for my first bike ride of the spring. I missed riding. Next month I will be back in the gym again. Riding all I can and making Mary Lee shiny for the move to Georgetown,SC. The sailing begins this summer. If all goes well....maybe can sail to Florida instead of running the engine all the way there. I have a friend willing to come help with the move. I think an auto pilot is in order.