Quickly Walking Into August

So here we are. Another week is winding down. I'm not sure if I have accomplished enough this week, but I have been going at it full bore because that clock is ticking and each day passing is one less day to make all of this work.

We're trying to keep to a strict schedule. If we actually
want to retire, we have to get it all to come together.
We've been in our current shop space since 1993, so
that's a lot of time for tools and materials to be
acquired. We've moving the stuff back into our
house, where we've been since the mid 1980's. Also
pretty stuffed full of things. What a mess! 

DH spent a rather frustrating day yesterday building shelving for the east side of the basement craft room. He's been measuring and remeasuring, cutting and fitting, and finally decided that he'll live with the height he has determined, but he wanted to remove the small cove molding at the bottom of the panel so that the shelves could fit flush against the wall. That turned into a serious OOPS when he discovered that that little strip of rounded molding was actually channeled and that once he pulled off a section, it was destroyed. He thought it was simple cove molding - easy to put up and easy to take off. It wasn't. Now we have a section of open, broken paneling. It will be covered by the shelf, but it's not what we wanted.

The molding looked like a simple half-round batten molding, but instead, it
actually had a channel into which the paneling would fit. What should have
been a simple job turned into a real mess and can't be easily fixed. 

I continued packing my soldering bench and surrounding area yesterday. Boxes of spray paints and primers, chemicals of various sorts, and things like my respirator are now boxed, these boxes are stuffed full, but the materials inside don't nestle as well resulting in wasted space and possible breakage. I've done my best, but I wasn't happy with yesterday's packing stint. I'll try to get the boxes home tonight, though. I need to keep this moving. Today I'll pack my larger soldering torch and hoses along with the fire bricks, soldering stand and miscellaneous items that I was keeping out just in case I needed to do a quick repair.

My indoor walking track at the YMCA I attend isn't quite this
nice, but it's close. It's the upper rank over the basketball
court, similar to this, but it's a bit closed in. Still, it's what
I need and it might be boring, but I have audio books to
listen to that help me pass the time. Along with my tempo
trainer, I'm getting faster every day and still walking, not
running. 

I'm exhausted, just reading about what I have planned for the day. Ooof! My mileage on the walking track at the gym is starting to look like a leisurely walk in the part - LOL. Well, I'm going to call this finished and get into gear. I've got a lot to do and need to organize my thoughts a bit. Have a wonderful Friday and I'll be back tomorrow.