So for a Monday, today has been going pretty well. (Why does Monday always have that stigma? Poor Monday...) After waiting a MONTH with a whole lot of complications with my order, my new work bench FINALLY arrived! Yay! You should have seen me trying to drag this thing in the house from the front porch. I suppose if you weren't me it might have been comical to watch me struggle and heave on a huge box that nearly weighed as much as I do. I was a little miffed that the UPS guy just dumped it, rang the bell, and ran. I'm sure he had one of those little trolly things to get it to my door which would have been super handy had he hung around for 5 more seconds till I got to the door. But alas, I got it inside. Had to do some pretty fancy manhandling to get it out of the box too. Loki (more commonly known as the puppymonster) was very confused/enraptured by this whole episode. Anyhoo, got it built all by my little self (I feel handy!) and then drug it into my office. It looks lovely laden with all my tools and paraphernalia. 
As soon as I got everything set up, I just couldn't stand it- I had to try it out! I had a pendant laying around barely started because I got frustrated trying to work on it without a stable workspace. Problem solved. With the new bench and bench pin, sawing was a breeze. I was a sawing FIEND! Then when I'd gotten all the bits cut out, I broke out the hammer for the texture. (Hammer time!) It's sooo nice to have a proper bench to work on again. Not sure yet just what I'm going to do with this pendant now that its finished. I will just have to wait until it speaks to me. Lol. But really, that's kind of how it works. Sometimes things just click right and it looks great. Some days there's not a darn thing that comes out right. Kind of a coin flip I guess. :)
And now, simply because its stuck in my head, I have decreed so shall it be in yours. Hah!
xo
Lindsey :)
