i LOVE tools. one reason i did sculpture when i got my art degree.. every day was a lesson in tools and hardware... (tho frankly i don't remember learnign about hickeys!)
i moved back into my mom and dad's house b4 christmas. my dad died 8 years ago... i was a daddy's girl always. he has a really nice workshop in the back yard here. about 6 months b4 all hell broke loose, my mother decided it was time to get rid of his tools. so my x cane over here and threw them all in a couple of buckets and brought them home, where they stayed. i coulda shot him then. what a fricking mess.
when i moved, all the tools/workshop stuff ended up in boxes stacked all over the floor out there. with so many other things to do, i have yet to tackle unpacking that. and i coudl judt cry cus he was SO organized and had a place for everything and i;ve got the biggest mess out there right now. i wish they had all stayed where they belonged. maybe when my sister and bil come this way in august he can help me put it all back where it goes.
i LOVE hammers. have a great hammer collection. have a welding torch too. and evan know how to use it,

add that to the great big list of things to do! hey bud the handyman.. lousisiana's not that far away!! do you put workshops back in order too???
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