Now I can finish it up

Alright! We finally found a second car! It seems like we've been looking for over a month, with no spare time for anything. I have read a few good books from the library, and just picked up 5 from the Salvation Army store (5/$1!). One I read was Extraordinary by John Bevere, good book. I got my varnish (Rose Greek Pitch, from violinvarnish.com), I haven't tried it out yet, only smelled it (smells good to me), so once I fix the chipped corner I can glue it back together and varnish it. That will be my project for today. I like doing stuff, but fixing stuff always seems to bother me. Don't know why. Even at work. Making new parts, either green stock or finish turn is nice. Having to rework a part for an LEC change is annoying. Why didn't they just get it right the first time? Who chipped the corner off? Oops, that was me.

I don't have anything new except my latest song. I wrote on christiansongwriters.org about this song that sometimes I finish a song and can't believe I wrote it. In reality I'm just the scribe. Hope you enjoy it.

Give Your Heart Away
(c) 2011 Ken Nagy

Wispy fog floats over the ground
Deer jump fences in graceful bounds
The edge of the sun comes in view
Another day begins anew
To all of these things you are blind
Your heartbreak numbs your grieving mind

I've never been there but Jesus has seen it all
Lean on Him for comfort He'll never let you fall
Drop your burdens at His feet He knows all your fears
He'll be there while you weep to wipe away the tears

So tap into Gods love
That flows like a river
Flooding your heart with grace
Dwell in the Spirit
And not on your pain
It will vanish without a trace

GIVE YOU HEART AWAY
TO GODS SON
LET HIS LOVE AND YOURS
BECOME ONE
DON'T LET ANYTHING
BREAK APART
THE BOND BETWEEN HIS
AND YOUR HEART

Betrayal pierced right through your heart
You are broken and torn apart
But with Christ you don't have to bear
The bitterness of deep despair
When you feel that it's hard to cope
Accept His grace and you'll find hope

So tap into Gods love
That flows like a river
Flooding your heart with grace
Dwell in the Spirit
And not on your pain
It will vanish without a trace

GIVE YOU HEART AWAY
TO GODS SON
LET HIS LOVE AND YOURS
BECOME ONE
DON'T LET ANYTHING
BREAK APART
THE BOND BETWEEN HIS
AND YOUR HEART
LET IT GROW IN YOU
EVERY DAY
AND IN TIME YOU WILL
be OK

And in time you will
be OK

and in time you will

What's cool is I hear the song sung to me as I type it in. It's a woman's voice. I can't sing that high (maybe I could, but it wouldn't be pretty), it goes to B5. I have a group on my mp3 player I thought was My December, thought that voice would be good for it. Found out its is an album by Kelly Clarkston! Boy am I out of it! Like her voice though, more rough and tough. I think it's in 6/8 time. But it's in 2, so it could be triplets. As a scribe I'm OK. Not much of a song writer.

Pegs done

Well I finally have something to show. We've been really busy. Last night I turned up some fake ivory for the pegs. It isn't plastic. It smells kinda like glue when you turn it. I thought of using a simple 2 curve profile for it, with undercut ends. I see in the light (did it in the basement) that my undercuts could be more undercut, but that is easy to accomplish. They also look a little wide, maybe would have been better with a small hump in the middle, and the wings spreading out from there. Oh well. Next time.
I'll just imagine they were made by a baroque guy who had minimalist ideas.

I've worked a lot of overtime lately, and we've been looking for a second car. Used cars are expensive. One night a little over a week ago we had thunderstorms all night long, from 9pm to 7am. Ended up getting about 5 inches! Then another inch the next night.
So much for the grass dying off so I don't have to cut it!