Course is starting soon

            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.