Today's progress was largely spending money online and digging through layers of sediment in the garage. I unearthed my old workbench, a long forgotten piece of granite threshold, and a couple of hand tools. I even requisitioned some perfectly timed help to dragging it all inside for me ... closely followed by a lot of calming the Mrs. down for my being out in the garage in freezing cold temperatures unsupervised with just my walker amidst the chaos. In hindsight, perhaps I should have waited until someone else was home, but I was eager to make a beginning. 🤣 Anyway, a 2'x4' workbench is now inside. It's got a double layer of 3/4" plywood and an added sacrificial layer of 3/4" MDF on top with an open shelf along the bottom. My temporary but free granite piece is roughly 4"x12" and about 3/4" thick at a guess. I'll be reaching out to counter installers in the area and see if I can get a bigger piece from a sink cutout in the coming weeks. The room's well lit with natural lighting on two sides, I've got a 3d printer in the corner if I want to print up some patterns or molds. Still on the to do list before the tools and materials arrive in a few days... 1. figure out what to do with the furniture that was in the room and is currently stacked in the corner, kind of a priority or I'll be back to having an upset Mrs. and that won't do, since she's been so supportive of my jumping into this head first. 2. Dig out a couple of other small hand tools from the back of my garage. Yeah, it's gotten as bad as it sounds. What once was a workshop was become overrun with junk that would get used "some day". I need a dumpster. 3. work out tool and material storage and organization, knowing that will have to evolve as I acquire more tools and larger cuts, quantities and varieties of leather start arriving down the road.