Wood Working

Shame on me!
I didn't post the events of yesterday. Guess I'll have to tell the tale now, eh? :P

Yesterday was far more eventful than the past few days before it. I got to get out of the house again, study human nature at Home Depot and Lowes, and a lot more!

First, I woke up. Amazing right? Then, after sitting around and playing a little bit of 2moons to wake myself up (more like trying to get the game to work properly), Dad appeared in the doorway asking me if I wanted to go to Home Depot with him to gather up some materials. He also threw in that adorable whiny voice of his, which wasn't needed because I always jump at the opportunity to explore the department stores with him. Haha! He's great fun to be around.

So, after fixing up a pile of cardboard, we were off! And the adventure began.
(About the cardboard: my family has been saving any and all kinds of recycable cardboard to, well, recycle. We're saving the world! Believe it or not, recycling that stuff actually makes your garbage amount decrease by a LOT. I highly suggest that everyone who reads this should start recycling cardboard and saving the Earth!)

It was stupidly crowded at Home Depot.
And the cart thing we had was a bitch to steer. It was a crack up though! After waddling around for about half an hour or so, we didn't find what we really needed other than brushes, shims, those paint roller cover things, blah, blah. So, Dad decided to just put everything back and go to Lowes.
Lowes was a bit less crowded than Home Depot, somewhat. The cart thing we had there made a ton of racket! It was rediculous! Dad eventually just made me park it somewhere while we looked for what we needed. Still, we couldn't find the type of boards we needed. So, screw it, we're making our own! Hah! We got ourselves two huge pieces of wood (I can't recall what they were called) and hauled the heavy bastards outside. I waited for Dad to bring the truck around and we moved the boards into the truck bed. Yes, heavy bastards. But, success! We finally got what we needed! I also found a sample paint card that I might use for my room~Yay!
On the way home we got some In'n'Out Burger and Starbucks for the women back at home.

Then came even more delightful work and fun.
We cut up the boards to the sizes we needed and I sanded the edges of the shelves (there's still a lot more to do today!). Dad made most of the calculations while my hands were getting used to gripping the sander. Compared to Dad's, my hands are puny. Darn my female anatomy! It was great fun though.
After some of the shelves were cut and sanded, we headed to Hay's closet where I got to use the nail gun! Damn right I got to use that thing...Haha. I had been wearing a mask, goggles, and ear plugs the whole time, so when I took that stuff off, the nail gun hella made me jump when it went off. When I first used it, my ear plugs kept me from taking in the whole effect of the BAM! I couldn't help but jump at the sound of that loud thing. Crazy!
Finally, our dusty selves called it quits for the night. Dinner was almost done! And it was delicious.
I wasn't off the hook yet. But I can't complain, because I enjoy watering and feeding the animals. Hehe

Today we'll try to do some more of the shelving and sanding and cutting depending on what time Dad gets home from work. I'm thinking about going out to the shop myself to start sanding a little before I take a shower to get ready for drum lessons.

Also, to lead this entry to its end, I'm trying to start a routine. My sister rolled her eyes at me stating that Mom and I always do stuff like this. Well excuse me for trying to manage my time better! I have a written schedule (more like a rough draft) so that I can remind myself to try and adjust to it. If it doesn't work out comfortably, I'll tweak it here and there. I'm just sick of waking up day to day feeling unaccomplished I guess. Haha! Living the life I am now, it's so strange. There's not as much moving around or human contact. I'll take this time to do what I love!

I'll probably be posting again later today. Or I'll just edit this entry. I don't know yet. >P