Monday, April 15, 2013

Keep on Truckin....into Spring

The weeks are flying by! The weather is trying to cooperate with us, and I've taken just about every chance I've had to be outside working on the shop. By the time I've gotten back inside at night, I've had no mental capacity left to sit down and write a post. (Some would argue, with good reason, that I barely have the mental capacity to write at any time)
So let's see. Last weekend was great for building. I managed to get the main floor structure done on Saturday. The overall footprint of the expansion will be 7 feet by 20 feet as dictated by a Black Walnut tree that is bigger than I can cut down. It's all sitting on cinder blocks that I levelled, and some pretty hefty 6x6 beams, and some 4x6 beams on top of them. On Sunday I managed to get the framing done for both the end walls, and that's where it sits now. I need to get either some plywood or OSB board before I can make any more progress. I have some leads on those things, but I need to wait and see how they develop.
The walls, waiting for plywood
 so they can be put in place.
In the mean time it's all about cleaning out stuff. I spent a lot of this saturday hoeing out junk, and filling my in-law's trailer with crap-o-la I have held on to for wayyyyy to long. The shop is looking better, even with all the homeless stuff waiting for the expansion to get built.
Kinda boreing, but it's all I got between overtime at work and the regular April weather that keeps everything cool and wet.
I know things are dragging a bit right now, and I hope to get things revved up soon. I just gotta be patient, no matter how itchy I get sitting here thinking about all the stuff I want to do. Keep dreaming, things will be coming soon.




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