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Wooden Jihadist Weasel Part Deux
Lady…..we are still working on putting together the WOODEN JIHADIST WEASEL!!!! Before we left for our mini vacation, we were able to get 1 bajillion pieces sealed with the Thompson’s water sealer from hell that takes 48 hours to dry PER SIDE.
Once we got back we started going through the novel that is referred to as the instruction book. Holy hell people, I should have hired a contractor to put this together. Each board was referenced in the following manner. Attach A11 to B15 using Hex Bolt S7.
Except, none of the pieces were labeled. Which means…oh that’s right, you guessed it Lady, we got to spend an entire day measuring each piece of wood and labeling it. And since the wood was still tacky from all that water sealant I slopped onto it, the tape didn’t even want to stick. 
After we finally got all the boards measured and the hardware sorted out, we were able to begin construction. Unfortunately, things have been a little slow in the contractor area as we’ve been hampered by a 2 year old weilding a screwdriver; running at you full speed as though she were in a jousting match, screaming “LET ME DO THAT!” Brett has tended to move the family jewels out of the way of these forthcoming sharp objects.
We’ve been able to get together one of the slide platforms and the roof for the clubhouse. By far, my favorite part of the construction was putting together the weathervane for the top of the clubhouse roof.
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Maybe we’ll have it together by the end of the summer…
my ‘gift’
My co-workers have always called their daughter’s their ‘gifts’. Of course in a sarcastic tone, their daughters provide them more stress and worry than anything of materialistic value. They told me that one day I would understand and refer to Cardin as my ‘gift’. This past week has given me plenty of insight into my […]
Tea Time
When we were little we used to go to my grandma’s house every Sunday afternoon. Like clockwork. This used to be a typical Sunday tradition. Your homework had better be done and “no, you cannot go play with your friends because we’re having sauce at 2 and going to grandma’s house at 4”. It was one of my favorite […]
Geezer Biker
Many moons ago, I wrote about some of our neighbors. You can relive that here. At the time I wrote that blog, I did not mention a neighbor who has grown to be one of our favorites. We have dubbed him….GEEZER BIKER. Don’t get the wrong impression from the name. He is not a muscled old Harley dude. No tattoos or […]
Progress
In November of last year we started speech therapy with Cardin and in the months following we have seen great improvement in her speech. When we started this whole process she had a vocabulary of maybe a dozen words and communicated to us using gestures, grunts, and some very rough sign language. Listen Lady, she […]