After about a month of putting it off, I finally made it to Home Depot this past weekend to get the first round of supplies to put our plan into action. One of two things spurred me into action:
1- Little Dude just turned 19 months old, meaning I have less than 5 months to get The Becky's Revenge seaworthy
2- The Texans finally lost in the playoffs last weekend and the AFC Championship did not start until 2:00, giving me plenty of time to get to Home Depot and back prior to the action starting.
I like to think it was the first, but lets face it, it was probably a mix of the two... So off to Home Depot with materials list in hand, I picked up, among other things, deck screws, duplex nails, 4x4's, 2x4's, a quarter-ton of Quikrete, another post-hole digger (to put Uncle C to work and double our progress), OH, and the materials to build my wife a raised garden bed. So not one, but two backyard improvement projects going on simultaneously. Booyah!
After emptying my wallet (or filling up my CC, either way you want to look at it) the truck was filled and ready to unload.
Luckily, Uncle C had come up earlier in the day and helped carry the lumber to the backyard. While we finished stacking, another helper showed up!
Just like a true foreman, he showed us he could do the work, but chose to direct the grunt labor (Us) to do the heavy lifting. Get to work Daddy and Uncle!
Hopefully this weekend we will do our best imitations of gophers and get the post holes dug and the posts set. Stay tuned...
TWB
1/24/2012
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