Lynn and I
both received grants to repay us for part of the MAP program we are enrolled in
through the local college. While we won’t see any of that until the course is
complete in ten months, it is nice to know the local business group thinks we
have our ducks in a row enough to warrant their giving us that money. They gave
us 80% payback minus the cost of one book. I guess they figured we could share
a book. Something we have tried in the past with mixed results. Seems that the
other person has the book when you need it almost Every time. We will pay the
money for that, just to get rid of that hassle. J
Our first
class is this Friday evening and all day Saturday. Should be a fun time and I’ll
know more once we have attended and seen the books. I’m sure that after the
class we will have “required” things we must complete that will take most or
all of our free time until the next meeting in a month. We have been out in the
shop most evenings already trying to build up our inventory and figure there
will be that and other work that needs to be done, like making up business
letterheads, or ???.
Part of the
process is to be on how to price our work, something I know we have both
struggled with in the past. When the wood I’m getting is not purchased directly
and I have to figure out the value through the cost of the fuel to get the wood
and the wear and tear on my pickup and chainsaw, it is even harder to get to
that price.
Keep
checking back to this blog and don’t forget to watch our Flickr pages and
Facebook pages for postings of new items are they are finished and
photographed. My Flickr page is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockrabbit
and Lynn’s is http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnette_galloway
Stop by and
let us know what you think of our new stuff as it gets posted.
