On a gloomy, overcast Sunday morning….we started putting trim board on the baby barn at 9:00am.
At 10:00am we were still on the first piece.
And yes, at 11:00am we were still there as well.
Frustrating?
A wee bit.
Cutting angles is not our forte….. and it almost made me wish I’d paid more attention in 7th grade geometry.
A lot of serious thought, planning… not to mention cursing…. was going on right there.
And before you say “Use a mitre saw!”, we did. But the building is less than straight and square and when we finally did manage to get it right?
It was still wrong.
Thank God for flashing. It covers a multitude of sins.
So this side looked good.
But when we turned the corner?
Not so much.
How the Hell did that happen?
There was only one solution.
Sit on the big barn porch and photograph it from far away.
Yes.
Much better.
More flashing, more nightmarish trim board.
And if you’re asking what I contributed to the project?
Besides acting as a general gopher…. because when the husband is up his tools are down, and when he’s down his tools are up… my contribution was this:
Classic tunes on shuffle.
There he goes again, ever the optimist.
Thankfully the husband used to do roofing when he was young, so yes. The shingles were perfectly level.
And because he was so thrilled something was finally level?
He checked it again.
And again.
I gave up on him at 6:00pm and headed inside for dinner, but he was out there until 8:00 trying to reach the top.
He didn’t quite make it.
River's world..... 
What’s next after he finishes the shingles? Itty-bitty barn?
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After the rest of the flashing, shingles and trim strip comes door construction. Then paint.
Then replace the garden bed and plant flowers. Then?
Hopefully a very large alcoholic beverage.
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I’m positive you are drinking those type of beverages even BEFORE the completion.
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From the looks of the corners…. I’m sure it seems that way!
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Ahh… like the house Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) grew up in (The Jerk) – The new constructed house looked identical to the original -.
It was very comical.
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OK, so itty-bitty barn is next year’s project 😉
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No!!
If he wants to build another barn? He’s going to live in it!
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Cutting angles may not be your forte but at least you weren’t cutting corners, especially with Bruce Springsteen providing much-needed assistance.
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All the corners are crooked anyway. Cutting them would be waste of time… ours, and Bruce’s.
😉
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If it’s not a right angle it’s a wrong angle! Who are we kidding? We know you’re no angle. 🙂
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It’s looking awesome! Great work hubby!
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