Recycling Cabinet Progress Overseen by Harold the Critic

I’ve been letting an idea about the lid for my recycling cabinet marinate in my brain for a little while. Do you ever get the feeling that your brain is smarter than you are? Sounds like a contradiction, I know, but a lot of times I just kind of shove a few fragments of thoughts I’ve had into a corner up there and let them rattle around for a little while… three or four days later while I’m clipping my toenails *bang* a full blown idea appears.

I’ve been doing that a lot lately with the wine rack and dovetail joints. And the lid for my recycling cabinet… you won’t see it again until it is finished, but I’ll give you a few snippets of what I’ve got going on before I introduce you to Harold.

Drillmaster: That’s Me.
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Exactly 84 holes… why? You’ll have to wait to find out.
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Mystery Parts. It looks like something fun is going on here, though, doesn’t it?
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While I was doing all of this, mind you, I was under serious scrutiny. It became apparent as I was sitting here with my beloved miter saw.

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I heard a noise over to my right…. was that a scoff of disbelief? Derision? Astonishment that I work in my shop barefoot?
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Hey. Hey you!
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You gotta problem with girls who use powertools?!
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Please let me introduce you all to Harold, who has been looking over my shoulder at my work all day. I do not respond well to that kind of pressure Harold!

I called MysteryMan as soon as I saw him. By the time I hung up the phone I was all “Okay, Harold and I have to get back to work now.” And I actually heard MysteryMan think Dear God, she’s given it a name.

Welcome to my life people. Welcome to my life.

P.S. There is going to be all sorts of fun going on around here now as I have been assigned the task of painting a mural in a 50 ft long hallway. Did you know I could paint? More details soon…

3 Responses

  1. I know where you’re going with this… 😉

    I have a project right now that would definitely benefit from the use of a miter saw. Excuse enough to buy one? Yeah, but the money just isn’t in the budget right now. 🙁

  2. OOO!!! I have a guess! I think I know what your lid will look like, and it will be SO COOL!

    Glad you have a partner now… working alone can be so lonely.

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