What a busted weekend. Started window number three in the Shop Box and did not complete it. Started an outside shower and did not complete it either. Having so many uncompleted projects leads to more uncompleted projects. They seem to multiple, exponentially. Not wanting more uncompleted projects, Monday the parts to the shower were bought at the local box hardware store. A change of plans about how to build the shower is one thing. A change of plans when driving…
Somethings in life are just not fair. In college, it was taught fair is what is right for the individual student, not the class as a whole. While I adhere to this thinking to most everything I do in life, sometimes life is just not fair. The summer heat is upon us here in South Texas. Temperatures are in the upper 90’s and the humidity is in the 90th percentile. Okay, I don’t really know how high the humidity has…
Gosh, where has the time gone? These tiny, little fluff balls are already five months old and have been in need of a much larger watering system. With a vacation in the next few weeks, now was the time to build one. Didn’t want to wait until the last minute in case the original idea did not work as intended. Besides, a larger, self filling system would mean one less thing the Sailor will have to check on while we…
Guess you are wondering where the posts have been? They have been working, that’s where. Summer is a busy, busy time for me at work. Summer is a busy, busy time for me at Boxes in Fields. Last month after the Kid participated in the local regatta, he was given a grant to attend a month long sailing camp in the next city over. He did so well we continued classes for the month of July, too. Classes are Tuesday…
What is a sailor’s favorite joke?Knot Knot Jokes! Thank you, I will be here all night. Hey there, what a fan-dancy looking knot! Because the Kid is now participating in sailing, and I feel it is important to understand the knots he is supposed to be learning, I am learning them too. This is a barrel knot, one of the many stopper knots used on boats. What is a stopper knot? It is simply a knot used to stop the…
Try as I may, I never seem to complete an idea for a blog. Cameras were purchased for the purpose of recording at various angles and compiling a video instead of taking picture after picture. However, as of yet, getting the camera to record the idea in my head has not happened. Not to mention how time-consuming videos are to take, prepare, and load onto the blog. Don’t get me wrong, I watch a fair amount of vlogs but just…
Help we are being robbed by the masked sailor! This last week has been spent preparing the Kid for his very first sailing regatta. Nothing like a drop kick to the butt to ge tone going. “Hey Kid, there is gonna be a youth regatta at the local sailing club. You sailed for a week last year at camp, you wanna participate?” Three days later after trip to the next city over for borrowed sailing gear, a quick refresher in…
I have put this off and put this off and have even omitted discussing in several posts because I had this great idea to write a tool post. Yet here it is, a year later and I have decided now is the time and I have more tools than anticipated. In order to proceed, clarification is in order. Some of these tools are new to us on loan and some of these tools are new to us because they were…
Don’t you just love Star Trek? Cheesy lines, trouble with tribbles, and bad acting. It was great! First, there was no power, now there is no easy access to power. The main power pole to Boxes in Fields is less than 20″ away from the man door. To have power into the shop, an extension cord must be run outside. This has been working just fine and would probably work just fine for most situations. However, in a shop of…
Lexico.com states a mandoor is “a slave who acts as the foreman of other slaves”. Thankfully we are not talking about slaves and slave foremen. In modern society, man doors are doors to the man cave. When I was a child, hell until just a few years ago, I had never heard of the word man door or man cave. Reference.com states a man door is “is a standard swing-style door that is built into a garage door. It may…