I just finished wet-sanding the first shellac coat on the kitchen island cabinet. I have the drawer fronts and doors yet to do, but those should be done tomorrow. After this, I’ll cut the existing shellac 1:4 and seal again. If that goes well we’ll be on to polyurethane.

About three weeks ago, Kylene took a Saturday trip to Greensburg to visit her grandma. I would have gone, except that I was working. Kylene considers it one of the worst days of her life. Elizabeth puked in the car, then the car wouldn’t start when they got ready to leave. AAA pretty much sucks, [...]

I’ve tried a lot of software packages this year for monitoring systems. I’ve seen a lot of stuff that’s easy to set up, and a lot of stuff that isn’t. I’ve tried some commercial products, I’ve tried some open ones, but not one of them does what I want. I just want a simple package [...]