Day: February 23, 2025

It took quite some doing but I managed to get the new Husky 90″ by 90″ five shelf metal rack all set up and repopulated with stuff. This doesn’t show all of the carnage left to take care of at the front of my garage space. I have cardboard boxes full of cut offs, as well as a substantial pile of garbage lumber with nails in it stacked right by the door too. Not to mention two massive pedestal table legs that need to go, and a kids kitchen play set I’d like to take to the cottage for my niece & nephew. The space still feels cramped and hemmed in because of all this poor quality lumber & cut offs.

I have an old car seat, a busted stroller, and some really old tech to toss at some point too, which will help to open up some space on the shelves. I’m not sold on the garbage can location next to my ladder (which is too big really, but it’s what I’ve got). I could probably re-sort my smaller wood pieces and get rid of a few bits there if I felt like it.

I had high hopes for getting all of my construction lumber, and my good quality furniture lumber to fit between the wall and the new rack, but I have a little too much for that to work right now. If I could get an entire truck bed load to myself to go north with, I’d toss some beams, and cruddy construction lumber away too. If I do away with all my pre-used 2×4’s and cement covered 2×6’s, I most likely could put my furniture quality lumber right at the very back. I know it should be stored lying down so as to not buckle, bulge, but I have the space I have, no more, and it can always be less. It’s not ideal right this second, but if I pick away at it, I’ll make it as optimal as I can over time. That’s progress.

So, in conclusion I still have a number of things left to do, but on the whole this is a massive step forward. The lighting is so much better back there by my bench with this upgrade too. Stay tuned to see the finer details take shape as I continue to fix the space up a bit over the coming spring. Noice!

Man oh man I miss going out dancing. It used to be so much fun, the atmosphere, the music, the drinks. So fun. Now I’m old, with little kids, and these knees and hips don’t shimmy like they used to. I have been twice in the last two years which is a better record than the seven or so years before that. When I worked in person for marketing teams our annual sales gatherings usually ended in late nights & dancing, so I miss that element too. Can’t say much for the new music, but when we got down in the late 90’s, and early aughts it was a real riot out on the dance floor. Glorious.

I don’t miss the drinking, or the after effects of drinking, but I do miss going out with a large group of friends and cutting a rug for four or five hours on a Friday or Saturday night. Eventually that morphed into pub crawl Wednesday’s, or tacking on a Thursday just because you were in the groove. Ah youth. And hip flexion flexibility.

They played some golden oldies last night which got me out on the dance floor briefly, singing my heart out. Did I mention the music was loud, so no harm of anybody hearing me either. Nice! It was exhausting but fun. Home to bed by midnight, a truly wonderful evening. My wife came for the first half too, which made the whole night even better. Finding a baby sitter has been a real godsend. Finally able to enjoy our company on outings once again. Been a long ten years.