Post #159870 by pariartspaul on Wed, May 18, 2005 10:12 AM

Thanks all,

Hey Monkeyman, seriously, we ARE getting help this season - we have been swamped for the last couple of months and I've been cutting sign after sign after sign!

We found a very talented college student last year who helped us out during our busy season with cutting and assembly. He lives near us and has his own little garage workshop with a scroll saw. He's a very excellent craftsman - so we've got him on board this year too.

I met an old childhood friend here last year who I hadn't seen in like 30 years - his family lived across the street from us in the '60's. Turns out he has lived here in Sacramento since after high school and happened to see our website one day and emailed me. He said "Glad to see you're doing so well... I live in Sacramento, Ca where are you?" and I said, "Hey we're here too!". So we got together, and it happens that he lives close by, and we've been the best of friends since then. Anyway, he's got a great workshop and he's a real woodworking fanatic. We went to a woodworking show together last month and he ended up getting one of those great new RBI scroll saws. So we may have yet another new recruit to help out for this season!

But Richard and I still do all the design and painting.... so far.