Too Much Work; Not Much Progress

Stained window inserts drying. 

Instead of getting to the beveling (my main goal, so I can do it all, and get on with painting and dressing the exterior of the house with bandboard, window trim, windows, etc.), I was interrupted periodically with work that needed to be done. I'm clearly not doing a great job of work-life boundaries. Instead of making serious headway as hoped, I worked on little stuff that happens in batches and can easily be set aside:  finishing the roofing on House 1 and more prep work. That included staining window inserts, experimenting with beveling techniques (not as much of that as I'd hoped), cutting foam core for the base planes to rest on, and organizing, which is always pleasing. I even made labels, though there's no picture of that step.

I sorted out the bits for the houses, though I still have the items that Susan cut and bagged all together (the column on the right hand-side) to separate and allocate among the three houses. It was pleasing to make real progress on the separation, now that the priming is done. As soon as all the window inserts are stained (should finish tomorrow!), the window inserts and frames can be allocated each to the sides of the house they belong on. That will be a big step, because then, after the sides are painted with the base coat color (Renwick Rose Beige), they'll be fully ready for the dressing stage, one I find gratifying and fun.

45-degree bevels are easy. The others are more challenging. 

Foam core (right)  for base planes (left).

I got much, though not all, of the pesky work done today, though there will still be some needing attention tomorrow.  The day wasn't a total loss: I did keep up my string of getting exercise every day so far (at least 30 minutes' worth), so that counts for something. My hope for tomorrow is that I'll finally make progress on the beveling, the most serious hurdle in this phase of the project. Famous last words?