Day 6 and Counting
Today is the sixth day of spring break, and while I have not accomplished as much as I would have liked, I have made some progress.
After our three-day "vacation" at the state park, I jumped into the hutch project early Tuesday morning by running to Lowe's to get the rest of the wood and assorted other supplies. I've worked on the hutch a reasonable amount of time each day since--steady progress while still leaving time for some "fun" on my break.
The vertical sides and support wood have all been routed, primed, sanded, and painted now, except for the back of one piece. The sides have also been cut pretty much to length, but I still need to miter the top of a couple of pieces. Tomorrow, I'll cut the horizontal 1x2 supports and install the vertical metal shelf standards. Hopefully, I'll also get the sections tacked together to square and level them.
Of course, I haven't gotten much else done on the "project" list this week. I've managed to squeeze in a few small tasks, like weeding the flower beds a bit (not on my list but should have been!). But I've also slept in on more than one morning, enjoyed dinner out and some games with the family, and visited with the next door neighbors and my mother. All in all, not a bad week.
A final humorous note.
While I was painting in the garage today, one of the neighbor boys who is about six-years-old rode up on his bicycle to see what I was doing. Then he said, "I thought only dads painted stuff." I smiled at him and replied, "Well, moms can paint and do lots more things, too!"
After our three-day "vacation" at the state park, I jumped into the hutch project early Tuesday morning by running to Lowe's to get the rest of the wood and assorted other supplies. I've worked on the hutch a reasonable amount of time each day since--steady progress while still leaving time for some "fun" on my break.
The vertical sides and support wood have all been routed, primed, sanded, and painted now, except for the back of one piece. The sides have also been cut pretty much to length, but I still need to miter the top of a couple of pieces. Tomorrow, I'll cut the horizontal 1x2 supports and install the vertical metal shelf standards. Hopefully, I'll also get the sections tacked together to square and level them.
Of course, I haven't gotten much else done on the "project" list this week. I've managed to squeeze in a few small tasks, like weeding the flower beds a bit (not on my list but should have been!). But I've also slept in on more than one morning, enjoyed dinner out and some games with the family, and visited with the next door neighbors and my mother. All in all, not a bad week.
A final humorous note.
While I was painting in the garage today, one of the neighbor boys who is about six-years-old rode up on his bicycle to see what I was doing. Then he said, "I thought only dads painted stuff." I smiled at him and replied, "Well, moms can paint and do lots more things, too!"
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