We moved to a rented house in the beginning of 2010. One of my two roomies moved out of the old place, and the rent looked pretty steep, so we found a 3br house for a little less. Besides the fact that all of us craved for some open space, the 2-car garage was a pretty good motivation to move my lazy ass.

It took us no less than a week to move and set up, but now I can say that it was totally worth the labor and pain. No more stair climbing nonsense, and my garage woodshop next to the kitchen is a total bliss.

Among my tools, I have only added a wood lathe and a bandsaw. As luck would have it, the lathe was my own over a year back and the current owner would not sell it but trust me enough to let me use it on rent. Could not find a good deal on craigslist so I rented it for 6 months. Who knows if my bowl turning passion will still be active or not. The bandsaw was a great find, and it makes me feel like I got a pair of scissors to cut wood in arbitrary shapes. Pretty darn fun.

Amazing how a little more space can fire up so much energy. I have taken up a little bit of acrylic painting as well, and anxious to see where it takes me. Painted my first 16×20 canvas last week and right now making a 24×24 hardwood canvas for another painting I have in mind.

Hope the creative energy stays on for a while. More later…