But it doesn’t get your deck railing project finished any sooner.
We were back at it and it was still hot.
Unfortunately the heat wave coincided with an extended dry spell and our lawn was starting to crunch.
But old railings were torn down.
And rusty nails exposed.
I stained the new wood we had to waste almost 2 hours going to get that morning because someone… I won’t mention who… cut the other pieces incorrectly.
And then that someone (oops, my bad) discovered a sander in the barn and wanted to play.
He was fine on the flat surfaces, but scared me to death when he started trying to sand in between. That thing would hit a beam, jump out of his hand and spin wildly across the deck. It happened a dozen times but I could never quite catch it on film.
In between his legs.
Close to the power cord.
I knew something was gonna give, and it did.
That thing jumped up and sliced his jeans right open. Thankfully he wasn’t hurt, but at that point I said no more sanding!
Which he completely ignored and kept sanding.
After sanding, and almost slicing his leg off?
He hammered nails.
And swept the same portion of deck I had just swept.
Apparently I didn’t do it right.
We did manage to get a few pieces of wood installed before dinner.
With some gentle persuasion.
So this was basically it.
For a whole days work.
Good thing no one is paying us by the hour……
River's world..... 
Yeah. Them buffer/sander/grinder’s will eat you alive. Especially the older versions. But we are MAN … we can handle ’em … just get a better grip on it …
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I was flipping out. Didn’t seem to bother him much…
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It is 105 degrees in the shade here … we don’t do outdoors in July and August …
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We used to. But it’s getting harder here…
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Runaway sander – that can do some damage – good thing it stopped at the jeans.
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And his thigh… yes.
😳
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Hubby appears to be wearing an ALABAMA t-shirt, so no doubt he’s used to the heat (which may explain why he ignored both Mother Nature AND you).
P.S. Have you thought of suggesting that he increase his injury/life insurance coverage?
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1. I got that for him at Goodwill, no allegiance necessary.
2. You might be on to something there.
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OMG!!! You are impossible woman!!! He sweeps and you complain!! He should get a gold medal for all he does for you!! Or even better a year of compliments from you to him!!
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I’ll have you know this was his idea …. I was just going to stain the old railings again. And I’m not complaining, just reporting.
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She blame the guy who is so good to you!!!
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No ones blaming anyone. I’m just stating facts!
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I think you need to hide the power tools, River.
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If only I could…
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At least the both of you are getting out there. Since this is the middle of Texas summer, we only engage in the following outdoor activities: 1. Walking to and from the car. 2….
I’ll have to get back to you, drawing a blank at the moment…
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I understand. When we lived down south I mowed our lawn at 6 am to beat the heat. This did not make me popular with the neighbors…
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Good thing! lol. I started on the front flower bed yesterday. Sheesh for crappy weeds in there! I’ll be moving things too.
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Weeds are evil. And they grow so much faster and better than my flowers!
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