We found a new house a more quickly than I thought we would. And it’s in… New Jersey. Central Jersey, in particular, if you believe that such a place actually exists. (There’s apparently some sort of debate about this?) In any case, it’s an odd feeling; I’d never thought about the possibility of moving here until very recently. So far, I kinda like it, though I can’t exactly describe why at the moment.

So we’re officially moved in. The move happened during a raging snowstorm, because of course it did. That’s just the way things have been going lately. But the movers didn’t have any difficulty, nothing got too banged up, and I no longer have to spend every weekend looking at houses.

The shop will be in the basement, and although all of the tools and benches are down there, nothing is set up. As you can tell from this photo, there is some work to do:

And by “some work,” I mean a lot of work. Other than obvious things such as de-existing that carpet, there’s electrical, lighting, paint, and so on. I’m aiming for getting this done over the next couple of months, but we’ll see. There’s plenty of other stuff that I need to do in this house, too.

In theory, I could do some limited things with hand tools, but I’m kind of determined to set up things better than my last shop, so I think my efforts should be concentrated on that. I’ll try to detail that as much as I can as I do the work. I need to get a little more organized at the moment as well. I also would have liked a little more time to prepare the shop space before moving, but that just wasn’t an option.

Strangely, I might be able to make a new video or two mildly soon. That is, if I can dig out my lights…