Land of Oz

Flighty

Do you have problems trying to keep your mind on one task? I have that problem big time. I have a small workshop set up in my basement. I do mostly woodworking but also some metal work and other stuff. The problem I have is keeping to one thing. Last night and this morning's a good example. Here's a rough schedule of the way my time went:

Go down to finish assembling blanket chest.

Move chest side around to make some photos.

Design and start on an aluminum gadget for my broken digital camera.

Look for protractor to measure angle of countersink tool for above job.

temporarily tape up camera to work.

Cook Thai red curry dinner.

Start to take pictures for the projects and new hints section of web site.

Decide to modify squirrel feeder while taking photo of it.

Rearrange some tool pegboard locations while taking pictures of them.

Batteries die.

Catch up on three days of newspapers.

No screws short enough for gadget so have to modify one (and lose it this morning).

Move extension cord to closet and add shelf to closet for extension cord.

Repair plugged sink drain by rebuilding the plug.

Wash four loads of clothes in and among the above tasks.

Find missing heat shrink behind toolbox and modify the package for display.

Batteries charged - take picture of mortise adapter case and decide to go upstairs to make printout for inside of case.

Total about 50 photos of stuff.

Send wife a picture of her blossoming tulips.

Vacuum shop floor.

Work on small jewel box.

Peruse a couple of books and finish one.

Watch a bad Buster Keaton movie.

Shovel driveway.

And now I'm writing this.

There has been some other stuff I don't remember and the list is pretty close to order but most stuff is intertwined with other stuff. The camera gadget for example is spread among other tasks since it required some drilling, cutting rubber sheet, modifying bolts, letting glue dry (and then regluing to fix the mistake), sanding and filing, etc.

And oh yeah, I still haven't assembled the blanket chest.

2Fers: Little Machineshop.com and Lee Valley Tools (Both of these are good companies to deal with)