The light box is almost done! OK, so Denis helped me with some of the cuts – particularly the ones involving tiny pieces of moulding, since they were far too close to the spinning blade of death for my taste! I could get used to the air-powered finish nailer, though. Wow. I was looking for other things that needed nailing since it was so easy to use!
We also (finally) bought all of the materials for the built-in bookcase/window seat/entertainment center we’re building along one wall of the family room in the basement. (Yes, we have a window in the basement large enough to have a window seat – two, in fact. There are advantages to living on a steep hill!) We splurged and spent $48 to have the materials delivered, since renting a truck would probably have cost almost as much.
And I’ve finally made the decision to not go with the landscaper who has given me the run-around for three months now. Especially since her estimate (which I had already thought was high) was only about 60% of the actual final cost of the fence, and the cost of putting pavers in around the pool is six times the cost of the materials. That’s just insane. We’ll probably end up doing most of it ourselves – what it would have cost to do the fence, I could buy composite lumber, build the fence panels myself, and never have to stain it again. It just might take me a while to do! (Maybe I can at least get someone to come dig the post holes. Ugh.)
I would love to borrow the book about the swan princes. I always thought that would be a great base story to build on…. and someone has. How exciting!
I found this link from another blog about stepping stone molds. Some of them are quite pretty. Maybe they’d be useful for your garden project.
http://www.brambleberry.com/garden.html
see you thursday.
Hi,
Just be careful about the wood (http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/20030529_arsenictreatment.htm)
and make sure it doesn’t have arsenic in it.
S