Pete, I am so, so, so happy for you! A warm shower, with a real roof over our heads, is one of life's sublime blessings! Every day I've thought of you, hoping you were in from the cold. Hooray! And I admire and respect your approach to life, and to our reactions to what life throws at us. I believe you couldn't be more right: turning anxiety outward, through work, or through -- when we have the bandwidth for it -- doing some small good turn for somebody else (surefire in its anodyne power for me, anyway). And never taking the small things for granted. I think you've got the magic formulae. And I think recognizing you may not have another project like this, in these circumstances, in you is also a mark of wisdom. Well, I wish I could be wonderfully brief and funny, as Joe Bass was with his delightful comment! But I do send you my heartfelt congratulations --- your first Thanksgiving in your remarkably transformed space! -- and, on this Thanksgiving, my gratitude for Pete Galbert, who is a light in our lives.
Congratulations very awesome! I’m happy to read this, made me smile .... I have often thought that as the bespoke chairmakers preps for their classes, that in itself could be a class of 1-2 folks that have already taken a class & made a few chairs & would like to further improve the experience in the craft, just a thought. .... I love reading these chairmakers notes, great stuff, hope you have a great thanksgiving Pete.
On June first I ripped all the siding, windows and doors off my house thinking I would SURELY be done by July 4th putting it all back together. As is always the case, the scope of the project went sidways and the budget ballooned. I am hoping to finish the last bit of insulation/drywall the day before Thanksgiving.
I'm glad you got to move in before the frosting hit the fan!
Pete, I am so, so, so happy for you! A warm shower, with a real roof over our heads, is one of life's sublime blessings! Every day I've thought of you, hoping you were in from the cold. Hooray! And I admire and respect your approach to life, and to our reactions to what life throws at us. I believe you couldn't be more right: turning anxiety outward, through work, or through -- when we have the bandwidth for it -- doing some small good turn for somebody else (surefire in its anodyne power for me, anyway). And never taking the small things for granted. I think you've got the magic formulae. And I think recognizing you may not have another project like this, in these circumstances, in you is also a mark of wisdom. Well, I wish I could be wonderfully brief and funny, as Joe Bass was with his delightful comment! But I do send you my heartfelt congratulations --- your first Thanksgiving in your remarkably transformed space! -- and, on this Thanksgiving, my gratitude for Pete Galbert, who is a light in our lives.
Truly he is a light for us all. So well put Sue!
Congratulations very awesome! I’m happy to read this, made me smile .... I have often thought that as the bespoke chairmakers preps for their classes, that in itself could be a class of 1-2 folks that have already taken a class & made a few chairs & would like to further improve the experience in the craft, just a thought. .... I love reading these chairmakers notes, great stuff, hope you have a great thanksgiving Pete.
On June first I ripped all the siding, windows and doors off my house thinking I would SURELY be done by July 4th putting it all back together. As is always the case, the scope of the project went sidways and the budget ballooned. I am hoping to finish the last bit of insulation/drywall the day before Thanksgiving.
Goodness -- good luck to you, Eric! I hope you are just about there!