By a rather unpleasant ear infection/sore jaw combo pain. Didn’t really know what to make of it so I put drops in that ear, and took pain killers and went back to sleep. Not much I can do on a Sunday morning. I can’t hear much of anything at the moment, so it was a perfect time to vacuum the shop. Get as much of that pesky saw dust as I can. Make it less of a choking hazard to hang out inside the garage shop. Not that I have anything on the go right this second. I checked our tire pressure first because I’d need to run the compressor, which would also allow me to blow off hard to reach areas of the shop. Would be great to have a heavy duty extraction fan for this type of chore. Or use a leaf blower. Though, blowing all that dust up the street would likely not be appreciated by my neighbours. Powdered donut cars aren’t a look they are going for. These people spend money on their grass, so a dirty vehicle isn’t a way into their hearts. Ha. Anyway, done now.
I do sometimes think of getting some dust collection installed beyond my shop vac, but if I’m not also going to install hard tubing across the shop to funnel the dust to the collection unit, it’s not really worth it. The ribbed flex tube cuts the CFM down by a huge percentage, and I’m not in a place to add hard duct lines in, nor blast gates, not an air cleaner either. I’d prefer heating/cooling & insulation so I could work all year round comfortably. That or a flat pock-mark less floor so my wheels don’t catch every few inches when I want to wheel tools around. Those would be my first go to fixes if I had money just lying around.
Speaking of wheels and tools I got around to adding the workbenches wheels yesterday. So handy! Now I have an additional item I can move about freely. I could have moved a bunch of stuff out of the shop to clean, but that slipped my mind until just now. The wheeled workbench was such a new addition to the shop infrastructure it didn’t even cross my mind! Ha. Oh well. The thing is, I got it done, and that’s what is important. Let us focus on the positives here.
The house is the cleanest it has been in a long time. The Markham Fair starts this coming week, so we’re about to make a crafting mess on all the surfaces I spent last month washing and keeping tidy. Then it’ll be Thanksgiving, which will likely involve travel of some sort. And then Halloween kicks in which requires more crafting, decorations, and the installation of several inflatables on the front lawn. I actually love Halloween a great deal. I just wish the lawn was finished before I have to decorate it. Leaves get into everything! Blocking the fans from being able to draw enough air in. It’s a battle to keep everything in working order. But it looks cool, and adds to the holiday spirit. Makes my kids happy to see it all too.
Waiting on my second set of pain killers to kick in so that my jaw stops hurting, and my ear aches a bit less. Not the optimal way to enjoy a lazy Sunday, but eh? What you going to do about it.
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