home without hubby for weekend

[DrBee]

It's just me and the kids this weekend. Hubby is out of town (very rare event) for a woodturners get together. Doesn't look like I'll get much riding in - I'd don't think I'd do too well tugging the trailer and kids behind me. Hopefully there's some good conversations here tonight!

[maillotpois]

Okay, what's a woodturner??

I hope you have a good weekend - sometimes I don't mind having just a mom and kid weekend - but I does make riding a challenge. Any way the kids could have a play date while you get a ride in?

[DrBee]

He and I are both woodturners (although he's MUCH better than I am). Woodturning is making bowls, platters, candlesticks, etc. out of chunks of wood - on a lathe. It's a lot like pottery, only if a chunk of clay flies off, it doesn't hurt

[maillotpois]

How cool!

[Waverly]

That's very cool! My friend’s grandfather does something like that. He has made vase type things an other knick knacks. People bring him weird pieces/types of wood from all over. I am not sure if he does it anymore but his work is very pretty. You should post some pictures!

Jessica

[DrBee]

It's really fun to see what you can make out of a chunk of wood. People give us wood, too. It's always fun to take a nice leisurely ride around town on the bikes after a big storm comes through - we find lots of wood that way! You get a sharp ear for chainsaws, too.

I'll post some pics tonight when I have more time - kids are about ready to emerge from their "naps". Thanks for asking

[pkq]

An uncle taught me workworking as a child. He was a forester with lots of land holdings, too, so he'd get all kinds of woods. It was pretty neat running the equipment as a kid. Those are pleasant memories.

Look forward to seeing pix of the handiwork. Enjoy your weekend with the kids.

[Nanci]

My grandfather did that too, but mainly he was a cabinet maker. Which means he made desks, tables, bed frames, cedar chests, everything. I have so many pieces, and so do my sisters and our children and cousins, etc.

Nanci

[Brandi]

It's just me and the kids this weekend. Hubby is out of town (very rare event) for a woodturners get together. Doesn't look like I'll get much riding in - I'd don't think I'd do too well tugging the trailer and kids behind me. Hopefully there's some good conversations here tonight!

Pick a subject and lets see what happens. Anything goes this week by the looks of some of te threads.

[Brandi]

I wanna see pic's too. I knew a sand sculptor from cananda wo was good at it as well. Is tis your family bussiness? Do you and your hubby work together?

[DrBee]

We've had a power outage for the last 2.5 hours. Nice storms passing through. The kids (especially the little one) haven't been more than about 2 ft from me. We had fun playing games and cuddling up. I'm getting ready to put the kids to bed - I'll post some pics in a bit. What a night this has been so far!

[DrBee]

Here are a few pics - I'm pasting them in here, I don't know if this will work. To answer the questions - my husband is a stay-at-home dad and a woodworker. He has sold some pieces. He makes everything from rocking horses, scroll saw portraits, furniture to bowls. I just play around with the lathe.

I'm trying to attach pics, but in the preview it doesn't show up. we'll see if this works.

This is taking me forever, because the tornado sirens went off and I had to decide whether or not to get my kids out of bed. We had hail larger than a quarter!

edit: ok - pics are here. Now for the explanation.

the first one is my 2nd bowl - made of Ash
pic 2 - a small cedar bowl my husband made
pic3 - my daughter (at 14 mos) on her horse her daddy made for her. It was his first major project.
pic4 - ex of scroll saw portrait of my daughter - these are big sellers.

[maillotpois]

Wow - beautiful pieces Fishdr! And your daughter is darling!

Stay safe with the tornadoes....

[DrBee]

Thanks! I think the storms have pretty much passed by us now. The lightening display is pretty amazing, though. I just did a tour around the outside of the house. The water is backed up in the street as bad as it was when Rita came through (~ 6 in to 1 ft deep) and the backyard is almost completely under water. I just cleared the drain in the back (luckily the previous owners installed a drainage system) so hopefully that will help. Our house sits higher than everyone else (built for a realtor), so we're nice and dry. Can't say the same for the neighbors, though.

[maillotpois]

Boy you're lucky.

We're on the side of a (small) mountain. The flat part of town is sunnier (we're in a redwood grove so it can get dark), and the houses in the flat part of town were way over our price range when we bought 2 years ago (million dollar tear downs). But... the flat sunny part of town floods, and has flooded several times this year.

So as long as our house stays attached to the hill we're doing okay!! (Although I don't feel comfortable letting our daughter ride her bike down the 14% grade that goes from our house to town yet.)