Life plods on here in Ohio. We are smack in the middle of the Ohio seasonal humdrums. It rained for about three days strait. After which we had the luck of it turning to snow. I got to use my snow thrower again. Previously I only had a chance to use it for one snowfall and it's a lot of fun to use. So we are again blanketed in white and in sub freezing temperatures. It came just in time to successfully put the buds and bulbs back into hibernation. They were almost to their point of no return. A couple more days of 40's and 50's and our lilac bushes would have had leaves.
There seems to be no work for subs this week. The public schools here in Cleveland Heights have their final exams this week. That means shortened days and plenty of full time teachers available so that they don't have to pay subs. It does allow me to get other projects done. I put together my workshop. Check it out. As you can see there is a pegboard with my lovely tools hanging above a desk level work area. The old work bench is still there in the distance with my wonderful miter saw on it. Between the two is new shelving. The piece de resistance is the peninsula coming into the foreground of the picture. It features my new table saw(thanks Bo) built in, which I used to build the aforementioned, as well as a fold out extention creating a large beautiful work area. Now the eloquent pieces of wooden poetry may flow from my tools, mind, and inspiration.
Speaking of inspiration, the lack of it for my new running hobby is problematic with this kind of weather. Even with my new ipod running gadgety gizmo (thanks dad) it was getting tough to find the motivation to get out and run. Towards that end Sarah and I both signed up for the Cleveland half marathon this May 10th. Now I have to train, or suffer the humiliation of not completing the run which I'm sure Sarah will complete. Free housing will be available for any who want to come cheer us on.