Finally some pictures

Tim felt bad for busting my cheap plastic ones, and made me a very nice set of sawhorses.  All pressure treated, and in classic Tim fashion, I could probably put my car on them.  They are stackable as well, that is why the supports are on the outside on one, and inside on the other.  I might make myself another set (non pressure treated, those things are rather heavy) to use as scaffolding or the like.


As I mentioned previously, I spent some time mowing last week during lunch, and at some point I apparently kicked something up.  So much for my industrial strength glasses...


Despite that though, the front yard is mowed.  This picture is a little blown out since I forgot that I had left the camera at ISO800, and the shutter speed couldn't go fast enough to expose it correctly.




The back yard is getting really bad.  It hasn't been mowed yet this year.


The first triangle is partially sheathed.  I am glad I am going single slope (shed style) on the house, building an A frame is a lot more effort.  I will probably install it as is, and then add the supports later.


I saw some sprinkles around 630, so I packed everything up and decided to get ready to head out.  Good thing it appears, since there were storms moving in.  Hopefully nothing too bad, since the shed has no tarp on it anymore.

I need more hours in the day...

Unfortunately I haven't brought my camera the last couple of days, so no pictures.  I got the first triangle ready to install, the second is almost ready, but I ran out of time.  It rained all last weekend, so I have only been working during the week.

I will have to find a new solution for bugs.  My bug spray is kind of working, though not as good as I might expect considering it is 98% deet.  I have been spending as much time swatting bugs as I am building of late.  I don't remember it being this bad last year, so maybe it'll calm down after the spring rush.

The lawn needed mowing really really badly (most of it hasn't been mowed yet this year) and I got the side over by the well and part of what was in front of the old foundation mowed today during my lunch break.  Hopefully I can get the rest of the front yard mowed tomorrow during lunch before the rain moves back in.  The back yard will have to wait, which is unfortunate since it takes the longest to dry.

Apparently it is time for new glasses too.  I cracked the lenses in two different spots when something was kicked up from the lawn mower today.  These were the industrial grade safety lenses I got to that were supposedly shock resistant.  Heavy duty polycarbonate lenses my ass...

I half-heartedly put the tarp back on, but I know at this point that it won't stay, so we shall see how wet the shed gets.

Slow week

It has been raining pretty much all week, so little progress was made this week.  There might be a slight break in the rain tomorrow, so I might be able to get the triangles for the roof built this weekend.  The tarp is all but roasted, so a lot of the rain from the past week has ended up in the shed.

While I was out at Mike's last weekend though I did make an updated floorplan.  This is the full 27' of the trailer.  I added a couple of feet to the kitchen, and a couple of feet to the living room.  I also added a couple more windows and changed the loft design ever so slightly.  The biggest change though is the conversion of the bathroom into a bathroom and a utility closet.  I think instead of putting a shower stall into the bathroom, I will seal the whole room and make the whole bathroom the shower stall.  The squiggly line is because I intend to put a double door setup, so that I can hang towels on the door and have them not get wet.


One thing I did get done this week was I picked a free fixture I got from Craigslist.  There isn't a scratch on it, and I honestly don't think it was ever installed.  I picked it up from an old mansion that was getting converted to apartments, so I think it was a spare, it is in fabulous shape, and I was intending to buy one anyways for the living room.