I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We did. New Years is on the way!

I had a dislocated rib put back in last physical therapy session. Let's just say, I am not feeling the desire to go through a lot of those.

Some good news along those lines. I am nearly done with the twice a week sessions. The knotted up muscles are becoming un-knotted(is that a word?). Getting time to get after the ligaments. My understanding is that getting them moving again is not going to be fun.

So now the proper exercise to regain support after they are broke loose is about to start. Whatever it takes. I know I have a ways to go, but seeing progress is very helpful.

So Christmas....well? I am not going to bore you with a play-by-play. But Vivian is always going bananas over puppy dogs. I got her a couple for Christmas.

They are quite large for slippers. Sheepdog slippers, I believe they called them.

The bed is too high for Vivian to get in and out of easily.

 I made her a  stool. It is 16 inches tall. She can get in and out of bed like a big girl now! The picture doesn't really show it, but the base is much wider than the top. It is also built out of 3\4 inch wood. It will not break easily. I weigh 240 pounds. I jumped up and down on it.

One of the things I have been trying to decide is what woodworking tools belong on a boat. I have decided that I will pick up a wormdrive circular saw to mount under a table as a table saw. I will make one end of that table into a router table. I already have a jigsaw mounted upside down to use in router table as a makeshift bandsaw. Today I finished a drill press.

Maybe you can see how it works from the picture.
I really do not have a large need for a real drill press, but on occasion I need to drill squarely into something. I also have to make large holes.

The 4 inch hole you see is a practice hole for the dorade boxes I need to start soon. These are the ones I have decided on. I was curious how well that heavy, out of balance, adjustable bit was going to work. It does, but I think it will knock the bearings out of the drill if I use it a lot.

Always something happening. I don't put all of it on here, but there is always something going on. If not a project, one is being planned. Of course, life is always happening. There are some big things on the horizon for me. I will be sailing this spring. I will feel well enough to enjoy said sailing. There are other things but I will save that news for later when it is happening.




I know it has taken longer than I thought to get to Florida, but next fall for sure. I am anxious to go. What is changing for me physically, is that, up until now I ran on will power. I was too miserable to really want to do anything. I just would not allow myself to give up. Now.....I want to do things. Body still fighting it. But I feel well enough to do it anyways.

You may have to live it to understand it. But there is a big difference.