Showing posts with label getting it done. Show all posts
Showing posts with label getting it done. Show all posts

Monday, September 22, 2008

Day196 - She's crafty!

Monday, July 14, 2008: My office: Making Bows.

I had nothing new to do today, so I dug through eHow.com to find something fun. I found this: How to Make a German Paper Star.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-German-Paper-Star

Alright! Fun with ribbon. What better way to spend a Monday night.

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Here is my finished ribbon. I'll leave you to check out the steps but it was pretty easy. If I can find some cheap, good looking ribbon, I might make some for the tree this year.

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Friday, May 16, 2008

Day131 - Doors can be metaphors too.

Saturday, May 10, 2008:

Today was supposed to be dedicated to Paintball Fury, but when we woke up is was raining and miserable. So we cancelled. And then, it turned into the most beautiful day you have ever seen. One of those days that just makes you happy to be alive.

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But it was for the best, and everything does happen for a reason it seems, and we instead had a full day to work on the Gypsy. It was much needed for sure.

Plus for lunch, we went to Scott's Roasting. Pulled pork will never be denied.

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When we got back, Troy and Kyle worked on the hood (it took 3 days to set it right and it is still a little weird.) and I took to the door. First you need this:

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And a little of this:

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And you toss it on the floor and get this:

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When you add it to a bare door like this:

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You eventually get this:

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And then you can hang it on the truck with the help of two strong dudes.

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So, that was my day. Instead of getting shot with wee little paintballs, I got a nice black and blue mark from walking into a jack handle. The smartest thing that I've done all year was map everything out on the floor. A bit of inspired thinking there.

It was worth it, this thing is looking pretty bad ass right now.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Day114 - Free labor will never be denied.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: The garage: Grease monkeys.

I can't believe it is the end of the month -how crazy is that? April is almost gone. Wow.

You know what else is wow? Jess came to the garage tonight lend a hand to the truck reconstruction. Our efforts are kind of slow right now and not very exciting, but she did help set up the face of this sucker so we are eternally grateful.

Here is the sucker before:

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This is us trying to get a screw into a hole. Can you get it Jess?

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Yep! She got it.

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Bam!

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If you are eager to crank a wrench on this big beauty, show up after 6:30 almost any day of the week. Free labor will never be denied.