Beneficial Errors

This morning I carefully measured the top of my palette and sent an email to myself so that when I went to Lowe's I would be able to buy a piece of acrylic that would fit the top of my palette.  A store employee was called to the plastic cutting area and I looked up my measurements but they seemed wrong.  I thought I had recorded 24 1/2 inches but my email said 23 1/2 inches.  The piece would cost almost $30 and it wasn't worth taking the risk that I had hit the wrong number.  I had considered the alternative of cutting a piece of plastic that is quarter inch thick for my pallet top but I wanted to retain it to back my new stained-glass project.  Meanwhile I have been revitalizing my stained-glass work area and today it occurred to me that there was a piece of flexible plastic with grids scored onto it residing under the moisture trough that catches water from the grinder and the saw.  There is no real need for this piece of plastic to be there.  I trimmed it down to size and it is better than the piece of acrylic I had planned to buy.  So today I am grateful for making an error because it opened a new and better possibility.