Happy February, everyone! For February being the shortest month of the year, there sure is a LOT of stuff crammed into it.
We’re holding the first board meeting under the new by-laws, which will (hopefully) set a new focus for the upcoming year. The agenda for the meeting is stored in the member’s only section of the website, so members can always see what the board is discussing. If you have any questions, please reach out to me or any of the other board members. There’s our monthly meeting where past president Roger Alexander will put a demonstration on finishing that includes using milk paint. It’s Valentine’s Day this month, so if you’re still looking for ideas on what to get your significant, perhaps something with a nice milk paint finish is what you’ve been waiting for. No pressure, Roger! The wig stands should also be coming back from the NCHS art students! Once they’re done, there will be work to get the Poly on them, pictures taken and posts made. Hopefully, there will be a little time somewhere in there to sneak in some shop time.
Speaking of wig stands, after dropping off the wig stands at NCHS, I started thinking, which always has the potential for my gnat brain to follow one thought into the next, into the next, into the next, until I am left WAY off target for what I was initially trying to figure out. Well, it happened again and the internal dialog in my head went something like this:
It’s been awhile since I went “all out” on a wig stand, so I should make one that is more than just “functional”. I’ll check the list of ideas that I have when I get home. There’s also a list of president’s challenges, I should kill two birds with one stone. Stones. Maybe I could do one that looks like a block of marble that’s been carved. Carving is a challenge, maybe I should do some kind of chip carving. Chips. I think I’m out of Doritos, need to run to the store. Last time I went to the store, I about got hit in the parking lot by a truck. I want a truck. I need to trade in the Suburban and get a pickup. Pick up, I don’t have time to go to the store, I have to pick up the boy at YouthBuild. Youthbuild. I wonder if I locked the door to the storage room. Speaking of doors, I still need to get a new door and opener for the garage. Opener. Courtney left the can opener on the counter last night, I need to put it away. She got a package today she said was for her next steam punk costume. Costume. Maybe I could make some costume jewelry with the bead making jig I saw on Facebook. No, I shouldn’t get a new jig until I make a router jig like Carl’s. Carl’s ice cream is on the way home and would taste good right now, but if Q sees me eating ice cream, he’s going to go to the well and ask me to double back and get him some. Well. That’s it! I should make a wig stand that looks like wishing well.
Laugh if you want, but eventually my mind seems to wander back to the solution I was looking for when I jumped down the rabbit hole. My wig stand well will be at the February meeting as my fulfillment of the “burnt or carved” entry into the president’s challenge.
Until next month, thanks for reading.
Mark