I'm finally operational! It's a fantastic feeling to finally be making money from glass. I'm still a long way from being done though. I'm trying to arrange finances for a new roof on my studio, as well as siding. The current roof leaks bad enough that I can't work when it's raining hard (and no, it doesn't always rain hard in Washington).
Well, we are officially moved ... although we are far from moved in. Most of our boxes are in my studio, while our garage is filled with various odds and ends filling the holes between our furniture. The moving in part has been put on semi-hold as I bust my ass with various projects around the house (like replace the carpets, remove a wall, install a closet door, etc.).
As is the nature of any project, my studio has been coming along quite slowly. Every time I fix something, I discover three more things that need immediate attention. It wouldn't be so bad except that we are still living in an apartment and I need to commute for an hour every time I want to get something done, and will usually only have two hours to actually get anything done.
The great deal I got on my 8'x24' modular turns out to be not so great. I finally have it gutted and have discovered some water damage inside the walls. Specifically, both the windows were poor-planed additions, more suited for a camper trailer and in desperate need of some weather-proofing. I straightened the frame with little trouble, but while spending time under the frame, I discovered more poor-planning in the 2'x4' cross-supports as they bow under the weight of the walls. None of this is too major, but all of it will end up taking more time as well as more money.
I picked up an 8' x 24' modular office unit today. Hindsight... a Dodge Dakota really isn't the right truck to pull one of those. I didn't go faster than 45mph because the trailer would start wagging like it wanted to loose control, and I would frequently find myself climbing some unseen hill that would drag my speedometer all the way down to 20. All in all though, a very worth-while day.
