Monday started with the last piece of our entertainment center. Two coats of stain and we're home free! 3-16-09
One problem: the stain's going...
... going...
...gone!
One problem: the stain's going...
... going...
...gone! Those of you who live or have lived in small rural towns, recognize the problem right away. There's not a matching drop of stain within 200 miles. So, the rest of this project gets put on hold until after we go to Mesa again.
3-17-09
3-17-09Here is Charlie's little project. He wanted to make breakfast so I helped him make french toast. First you have to get all the ingredients together. Cinnamon, vanilla, milk and eggs and today we tried something we saw on Food Network; cornflakes crumbs.
Scramble the eggs!
Mommy flips 'em and Charlie takes a picture - good job for a 2 and 1/2 year old!
And here's the finished product! Yummy!
Shaelynn helps mommy with the next project, putting the table saw together. I figured since there is no stain I can prep for the frame on the living room mirror, which is the next project. It requires the use of the table saw Ben got me for Christmas!
And that will do it! Done! (Quick project)
Next project: Mom takes it easy while the kids play in the sprinkler! Cheesy Charlie!
Shaelynn had "Pink Eye" but she still wanted to play.
She was scared of the sprinkler at first, but then she realized it wouldn't chase her down and spray her like her brother and she was okay with it.
Charlie takes a drink!
Splashin' in the puddles!
Shaelynn takes a break...
...so I figured it was okay to give the sprayer to Charlie. He likes watering the grass and trees like daddy.
Next project is Allen's baseball game. Charlie and I came to watch and take pictures. Allen even hit a home run! Great job!
He plays right field and does a great job of backing up David on first base!
Next project: planting our garden. Allen had another game out of town today (3-18-09) and dad was at work, so Charlie and Shae helped me. Charlie picked out the seeds to plant; watermelon and cantaloupe. (I picked cilantro, thyme, marjoram, and squash!)
Mom sprinkles in the herb seeds!
Charlie digs holes for the squash.
Shae can help too!
And here's what it looks like when it's all planted. The hose is on a timer so it will water everything while we're gone or when we forget.
Project # 19,999: Build a tool shed/shop at my mom's house in Taylor for my her wood working tools. She's been planning and designing and re-planning and re-designing this thing for about five years now and finally she's ready to build. We all drove up for family pictures and to help her out, but since Charlie also came down with pink eye right as Shae's cleared up, we didn't get to go get pictures. Oh well, more time to devote to the project! Here is the foundation y om did on her own before we came. It has to be a "temporary structure" so it is block instead of solid concrete. 3-20-09
Allen cleans up the rubbish from the construction site to minimize tripping, which I did a lot of anyway.
My mom takes a break to give an accordion lesson.
We used some old platforms that we used to do clogging performances on for the walls. (We believe in the old saying "Use it up, wear it out. Make it do or do without.")
We had to almost completely dismantle them and shore them up before using them fore the frame work. My mom has these awesome clamps to hold everything while you fasten it down. (See o the opposite end from my mom?) I told Ben that's what I want for Mother's day. It's like an extra set of really strong hands on the ends of really long arms!
Ben was able to help us dismantle the old platforms and use his broken arm to just hold the screws.
He watched us do the stuff that required two arms. 
Or feet!
Here's the back wall all framed and ready for the next step. Charlie came to inspect and put dirt on it.
Here's something that Ben could use his one arm for. They re-cut the plywood to fit the new framework.
And we "thumped" it on (as my mom says) with her compressed air powered staple gun. (What's the next holiday after Mother's Day? Because I'd also like like one of those next!) We had to take the frame apart in a couple places and re-screw some of the joints because it wasn't turning out square. (A real problem when using old materials)
Allen got to try it out too. He thought it was pretty cool. 
And that's it for the plywood part!
Next: hardboard siding, caulking between sheets for weather seal, and screwing down. 
Then paint. 
Done with the painting (Yellow to match my mom's yellow house and because that's what it's left over from!)
The next morning (3-21-09) a couple of my mom's neighbors came over to help us lift this monsterous wall (17ft long) and then e plummed it (made it stand up straight).
One might ask why we painted the wall before we put it up and finished the structure. Well, take a look at the clearance between the wall and the neighbor's fence. We're not that skinny. 
Next we framed the south wall...
...and put on the plywood. Allen swept off all the old dirt and cobwebs as it was stored outside.
Then I framed the north wall while Ben took the kids to the park and Allen and grandma went to Show Low to Home Depot for more building materials. I actually had to take this apart and redo it after this picture was taken because the other platforms we used were not framed like a house so they were 3 inches shorter than mine. The redoing everything has become the theme of this project.
So finally after hours of struggling to build and rebuild the frame for this stupid wall by myself, hold it, and screw it together at the same time, my mom and Allen got back from Show Low and we put the plywood and siding on it and it was ready to go up.
Ben helped us stand it up and we bolted it to the bottom sill. We also framed the front corner walls. There will be a regular door on the left and a garage style door on the right.
Ta da! Done for the night! We discussed the brilliance in God's plan of making days only 24 hours long and putting Sunday at the beginning of the week because if there were more hours in the day I would probably die from over exposure to the sun's rays. (I don't stop working until it is dark outside and sometimes later than that if there is an available light) And me and my mom both need Sundays to recouperate from trashing our bodies. Our hands stop working after a while. (arthritis)
Tune in next week to see the fished product and to see what else we did!
Scramble the eggs!
Mommy flips 'em and Charlie takes a picture - good job for a 2 and 1/2 year old!
And here's the finished product! Yummy!
Shaelynn helps mommy with the next project, putting the table saw together. I figured since there is no stain I can prep for the frame on the living room mirror, which is the next project. It requires the use of the table saw Ben got me for Christmas!
And that will do it! Done! (Quick project)
Next project: Mom takes it easy while the kids play in the sprinkler! Cheesy Charlie!
Shaelynn had "Pink Eye" but she still wanted to play.
She was scared of the sprinkler at first, but then she realized it wouldn't chase her down and spray her like her brother and she was okay with it.
Charlie takes a drink!
Splashin' in the puddles!
Shaelynn takes a break......so I figured it was okay to give the sprayer to Charlie. He likes watering the grass and trees like daddy.
Next project is Allen's baseball game. Charlie and I came to watch and take pictures. Allen even hit a home run! Great job!
He plays right field and does a great job of backing up David on first base!
Next project: planting our garden. Allen had another game out of town today (3-18-09) and dad was at work, so Charlie and Shae helped me. Charlie picked out the seeds to plant; watermelon and cantaloupe. (I picked cilantro, thyme, marjoram, and squash!)
Mom sprinkles in the herb seeds!
Charlie digs holes for the squash.
Shae can help too!
And here's what it looks like when it's all planted. The hose is on a timer so it will water everything while we're gone or when we forget.
Project # 19,999: Build a tool shed/shop at my mom's house in Taylor for my her wood working tools. She's been planning and designing and re-planning and re-designing this thing for about five years now and finally she's ready to build. We all drove up for family pictures and to help her out, but since Charlie also came down with pink eye right as Shae's cleared up, we didn't get to go get pictures. Oh well, more time to devote to the project! Here is the foundation y om did on her own before we came. It has to be a "temporary structure" so it is block instead of solid concrete. 3-20-09Allen cleans up the rubbish from the construction site to minimize tripping, which I did a lot of anyway.
My mom takes a break to give an accordion lesson.
We used some old platforms that we used to do clogging performances on for the walls. (We believe in the old saying "Use it up, wear it out. Make it do or do without.")
We had to almost completely dismantle them and shore them up before using them fore the frame work. My mom has these awesome clamps to hold everything while you fasten it down. (See o the opposite end from my mom?) I told Ben that's what I want for Mother's day. It's like an extra set of really strong hands on the ends of really long arms!
Ben was able to help us dismantle the old platforms and use his broken arm to just hold the screws.
He watched us do the stuff that required two arms. 
Or feet!
Here's the back wall all framed and ready for the next step. Charlie came to inspect and put dirt on it.
Here's something that Ben could use his one arm for. They re-cut the plywood to fit the new framework.
And we "thumped" it on (as my mom says) with her compressed air powered staple gun. (What's the next holiday after Mother's Day? Because I'd also like like one of those next!) We had to take the frame apart in a couple places and re-screw some of the joints because it wasn't turning out square. (A real problem when using old materials)
Allen got to try it out too. He thought it was pretty cool. 
And that's it for the plywood part!
Next: hardboard siding, caulking between sheets for weather seal, and screwing down. 
Then paint. Done with the painting (Yellow to match my mom's yellow house and because that's what it's left over from!)The next morning (3-21-09) a couple of my mom's neighbors came over to help us lift this monsterous wall (17ft long) and then e plummed it (made it stand up straight).
One might ask why we painted the wall before we put it up and finished the structure. Well, take a look at the clearance between the wall and the neighbor's fence. We're not that skinny. Next we framed the south wall...
...and put on the plywood. Allen swept off all the old dirt and cobwebs as it was stored outside.
Then I framed the north wall while Ben took the kids to the park and Allen and grandma went to Show Low to Home Depot for more building materials. I actually had to take this apart and redo it after this picture was taken because the other platforms we used were not framed like a house so they were 3 inches shorter than mine. The redoing everything has become the theme of this project.
So finally after hours of struggling to build and rebuild the frame for this stupid wall by myself, hold it, and screw it together at the same time, my mom and Allen got back from Show Low and we put the plywood and siding on it and it was ready to go up.
Ben helped us stand it up and we bolted it to the bottom sill. We also framed the front corner walls. There will be a regular door on the left and a garage style door on the right.
Ta da! Done for the night! We discussed the brilliance in God's plan of making days only 24 hours long and putting Sunday at the beginning of the week because if there were more hours in the day I would probably die from over exposure to the sun's rays. (I don't stop working until it is dark outside and sometimes later than that if there is an available light) And me and my mom both need Sundays to recouperate from trashing our bodies. Our hands stop working after a while. (arthritis)
Tune in next week to see the fished product and to see what else we did!
3 comments:
Holy camoly girl you are one handy busy girl :) everything looks great
i like the accordian picture stuck in there! busy week!
Good job! I see you, too, have a Chariot carrier - we LOVE ours!
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