What a slacker!

Oh my - I have been rather distracted, clearly!! I have been regularly thinking 'I really *must* write another blog post' but unfortunately thinking about it has been as far as it has gotten!

This Handy Mummy has been getting to grips with single-parenting and, sadly won't be back to the night classes next term - but really, by the end of the term, I wasn't even sure what I should make as I didn't really need anything else made for the house. What I really need to do is do handy things IN the house - soon I need to go and get more wood and a sheet of ply to build the window seat into my bedroom! Plans are underway, I just need time and inclination!

Most recently I have been slowly stripping the hideous wallpaper from my bathroom walls - my heart isn't in it at the moment though, so I have been doing a little therapeutic 'riiip' here and there when I am brushing my teeth etc.

I have also discovered an unlikely new love... I started going to the gym in April and have managed to lose in excess of 11kg so far! I barely recognise myself! I am off to a family function tomorrow night, I'm quite seriously thinking about wearing a name tag 'Hi, I'm Rachel. Remember me? You might not have seen me since I was almost 24kg heavier'

I won't be able to remember details of my classes now, so I'll put up a brief description of the pictures I took, hopefully in the right order! I was up to class 3/8 when I last posted WAY back in May!


This was week 4:

This MDF in a former life was shop fittings from Little Chalmers. All cut and ready for assembly!

Oooh the beginnings of assembly - what could it be?

If you look closely, these are just stacked up, not connected yet - that comes next week!

Week 5:

After some frustration, having made a slight (less than 2cm!) error in my measurements I had to dash home mid-class to get the last 2.4m MDF from my hall way to do the sides!

It is now living behind my front door, full of shoes! The bottom ayer of cubby-holes is almost twice as tall as the others to accommodate boots. 

Week 6:

Marked out the design to cut with the bandsaw

All cut, now all ready for filing and sandpapering to within an inch of its life!

It is ill-advisable to accidentally file ones knuckle with such a beastly sharp file! 

Preferable to only file the wood!!

'Safety first' says Handy Mummy ;)

Mmmmm sawdust!

It looks like thats as far as my photos got! I must not have been thinking about taking photos the last two weeks! The last project is a shelf for my bathroom, once the wallpaper stripping has finished and the gib stopping and painting is done.

Until next time! Hopefully I won't be so long between posts next time!