I finally have my screen door hung on the back of the house! I did it, finally. Smashed my thumb with a hammer at one point, fought with the damn thing to hang it myself (took a few tries to even out the top & bottom gap), and cut in my hinge slots. But it is up, it opens, it closes (mostly). I have some fitment issues to finesse tomorrow, but it’s up and today is June 3rd, so I’ll take it as a win. The sun is shining, a cool breeze is on the air, and I got this fucking thing finished. It needs an interior latch, and one more piece of bug blocking trim, but I have it on the house, and that counts for something.
Also I want to start my coffee table build because school will be over before you know it, and I’ll have the kids home 24/7 and won’t be able to putter around inbetween paid work. So start now, pick it back up in September, or if I get a random day/weekend to my self from out of the blue. Oh, my thumbnail is turning purple. That smarts a bit. My driver bit fused to a snapped screw so I held it to whack it, where I should have used pliers to do so. I was rushing. Of course. And gave it a great snapping fuck you with a urethane mallet. PING! GODS be damned!
Fighting with the door made me curse a fair bit. Wind wasn’t helping me either. Got it in though! Wink, wink. That’s what she said. Ha.
I don’t want to talk about our provincial election. Apathy and greed have won the day – yet again. My choice has the charisma of a sand paper laden hand job, so not a surprise the corrupt no show fellas took the win. Maybe next time. FUCK!
The big party is today. I have on hand: Baguettes, garlic bread, various European cheeses, hummus, nacho 7 layer dip, Boursin garlic & herb spread, a veggie tray, a fruit tray, various cured meats, red wine & white wine (chilled) I have Coke, Sprite & Ginger Ale, bottled water, fancy crackers (three kinds) and the ingredients to make my wife’s favourite alcoholic beverage “Sex on the Beach”. I also have two types of nacho chips. Do I need to get pizza aswell? We have five guests who dropped out yesterday with non Covid illness (one whole family). It’s all outdoors, and now there are even fewer of us than previously planned. Blue tooth speaker is charged up ready to roll. I’ll wash the table, dust off the chairs and call it a day. I have ice, and buckets for beverages too, thank you Moosehead Breweries!
I can now feel my heart beat through my throbbing thumbnail. So I’m going to eat lunch and call it a day. Ciao bella!
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