Fix what needs fixin when it needs fixin. Speakin of which here comes Scrounge down the lane, Maybe he'll have a match to light the fire before he...

finds those two jugs that I removed from the truck for payment for my services and we both get -

Ourselfs into trouble(he's married to the wifes cousin,twice removed) they spend to much time on the phone together. By george he did have a light and we 've got the fire going. Now what was it I had to do......

oh, I remember now. Valentine's Day will be here soon so I better get started on that...

wine rack / I have to keep these people in the right frame of mind so I can continue to -

court their daughters.
that way out of the six eligable young ladies I may have a chance to take one to the valentines day dance down at the local ---

--miners welfare club. They always do a grand Pie and Peas of a Saturday afternoon in the Kellingley Club, and the bitters always champion too. Ice cold and creamy, just the thing to set a body up for a bit of----

...dancing. Then maybe we'll head down to Tappan Lake for some catfishing. Moon will be almost full and the bugs are down. Fish aught to be bitting tonight. Darn. My poles back at the shop. I'll swing back there before I head to the club. I hope no one sees me going into the shop. They might....

actualy want to pay me to do something in the.....

forge but im all cleaned up tonight and after the dance if the fish aint biting we may just hang around and watch the submarine races for awhile .
valentines day only comes once a year and I dont want to spend it doing--

odd jobs around the shop like-

rearranging, and organizing the forge to give it a little more room so we can get working on those-

Railings and gates for Mr. Finney down at the bank. He wants them by spring and the...........

way things are going around here I would be lucky to have them done by christmas because ---

....those darn beavers have been in my scrap pile again. These guys are getting pretty smart, last season I saw one of them wearing a hard hat on the banks of the creek. I'm gonna to have to see Joe Bob Thorton about using his....

...froe, seein's mine can't be located and that darned hole in the roofs lettin' the rain right in...

and my anvil , vise and a number of other tools are rusting rather badly.
If I dont stop the leaks

...soon, then this dirt floor is going to be a mud floor and I'll be wishin' that I had put gravel or concrete on it. I don't like workin' in waders, so I'd better stop bein' sidetracked for a spell and get this job done, cuz there's other work to do. I really have to get that...

railing done,so he might over look the late tool loan payment, And make some money on the...

the job to boot, there are other banks in town but Im the only blacksmith so I think he will forgive me if Im a few days late on my payment because ---

We have a lot of dealings with each other on both sides of the fence, he understands my business.
Well the roof is done and the railing installed. However ol'Finney has changed the gate and the latch so now I'm going to have to......

re do the setup and bid, he will be happy at that,now we need to get it done before....

The missus comes out with the honey-do list five miles long that she just NEEDS to get done. So we.............

are off to the home center to get a few things. On the way we..

SAW THE GORGEOUS TOP OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE (AND WAS!) A HUGE AIR POWERED POWER HAMMER!!!!!! And on closer ispection it turned out to be an actual..........