Things are slowing down.  I'm at that awkward stage where I need to make some big decisions on what direction to go and I'm waffling a bit.

I have a small chest outside that we use to keep pool supplies in.  I have a heart condition and I really can't care for the yard like I use to so we pay someone these days.  That has lead to my garden tools becoming neglected.  I'm not quite ready to part with them, but they take up a lot of space in the garage so I decided to stash them outside in the bin.  Normally I would hate doing this but if it is this or give them away then the risk to the tools is small enough.

That really clears up the wall by the car.  I also got rid of a decent pile of junk including one of the bikes that our kids grew out of.  We have one bike left.  It has not been ridden in a long time but my daughter is going off to college next year and if she wants a bike on campus then it is a good one since it is free so theft is not a big concern.  I ended up folding up the handlebars and hanging it out of the way.

This still leaves enough room for the door to open all of the way.  Something we have not been able to do in a very long time.

For now I have moved my miter saw stand into the corner. This thing is huge and I'm hoping to replace it with a fixed cart, however I'm not ready to part with it just yet so this is a reasonable compromize.

 I started to dig through the various shelfs and cupboards and have managed to get rid of a lot of it.  That will help in the future when I'm trying to find good places for all the treasures I have left.

The last big awkward item I have left to deal with is my extension ladder.  I built this hanger out of 2x3's and a 24" length of allthread with some water pipe sleeved over it to protect the ladder from being scratched.

I have it laid out here roughly where it will go on the roof.  The idea is that you can lift one end into the bracket and then climb a step ladder to hook the other end up.  This should be less difficult than trying to dead lift the ladder over my head and hook it onto two hooks at the same time.  Plus I can use a different part of the roof and get this good and out of the way.  I'm hoping to get this up and mounted tomorrow.

Now that I'm nearing the end of the reorganization and it is down to the final pieces I need to start seriously considering what sort of shop I want to have.  My hope is to lay out all the heavy equipment I have to deal with on the floor and mock up what pieces will go together in a single rolling cart.  

I also have way too much scrap wood laying around.  I need to sort through that and make some sort of storage solution that gets it up off the ground but also accessible.

I'm probably going to slow down on this project for a bit.  I will keep chipping away on it, but I need to make it through Christmas with money in the bank so I won't be able to spend money on wood until the new year.  Plus I need to spend some serious time modeling out what I want to make.  I'm hoping to keep the momentum up by working in cad, we will see how well that goes.