Year 18, Week 23 , Day One (week 960)

Year 18, Week 23  , Day One (week 960)
(January 17, 2000 was my first carving day.)
06-19-18 Saturday

76 low 85 medium high, good humidity, carefully timed showers to prevent yard sales.  There was a few periods of sun. This weather report is brought to you by the city of Pompano Beach Department of Tourism.

I went on line to get my week count right. When you skip a few weeks of posts, it is easy to get messed up.

Mom needed some wire shelving racks to be cut to size. These are basically flat with a rod backbone on one side. I said, “I will use my dremmel.”  First I had to remember where I hid it so I could use it. I have two dremmel boxes, one with the dremmel I use all the time, then another with all my extra bits and stuff, (along with bamboo rods for making crochet hooks) Then I had to remember where my cutting disks were. They were not in the little cup that holds most of my bits. I realized I had one of those cute little boxes in there with the cutting bits of all kinds. I then had to get the cutting bit on.  Ok, it was time to get work.
I wanted the ends to be snug with the wires going across. The first wire wore the cutting disk down in half. The second wire broke the disk. I struggled to get the screw loose, so I could replace it. I then broke a second cutting disk on that wire. I finally cut through it. I then had two thick wires to cut as part of the backbone. I got through them. I then had to cut to length and I went through two more disks. I figured out that I had a wire cutter and I could “scrunch” the remains of the disk between the holder and the screw, freeing the screw. It worked. I did not have a screw driver fine enough and I was not confident with the knife blade. It was not catching the slot right and I was concerned of a slip and cut. The nipper worked nicely.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing since not too much could be done anyway.


Year 18, Week 23  , Day two (week 960)
(January 17, 2000 was my first carving day.)
06-20-18 Sunday

76 low 85 high, higher humidity than yesterday, mostly cloudy with clouds moving due North with pop-ups building and disappearing as they move.  This weather report is brought to you by the city of Pompano Beach Department of Tourism.

I mentioned in my last post about a teddy bear dress I was working on in crochet. I had started the top, and was not happy with it, so I ripped it out and did the top over.  I decided this top was good enough. the total dress came out cute. Nearly all my crochet is done away from home, many times while sitting and waiting in the truck for something to open, or at the place waiting for someone to show up. It is not much time each time, but I am getting some results over time. 
Wood working is not doing well this year. My schedule, the weather, and not having the awning to work under, has killed much of what wood working I could accomplish. Considering that we are entering hurricane season, we might not set up the awning even if the frame was repaired. Most of my equipment is still at the neighbor’s house. His place is still being remodeled and my equipment is not in his way at this moment. We will see what happens when he finishes his work. 

I do hope to do a little carving next week. For right now, the air conditioner feels good. 

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This teddy is more a sitting bear. She is wearing the new dress I made.

This shows t he dress a little better, with the straps running over the shoulders.

This is the back of the dress with the single back strap. 

you can see by the size of my hand that this is a TY BEANIE BABY.; 

this one is a model, the dress will likely be on a different bear.