9 May 2012

Another milestone day: cinched the belt in one extra notch this morning!  Finished the first door, then went down the hill to borrow Marty & Merry’s very accurate, but very inconsistent, bathroom scale.  After numerous weighing attempts, estimate that the door tips the scales right around 90 pounds.  That’s one HEAVY door… should be a real treat to install.  Started work on the second door.  Was going along not-so-fat, dumb, and happy (accent on the second adjective) when I discovered that I had used a full-length cedar board where I meant to use scrap pieces (‘cause they get hidden under an edge trim board).  That means that I’m now short one piece of 1x4x8′ white cedar.  As penance, took down the scaffolding used to shingle the north wall, then built a working “platform” for the east wall using the scaffolding, my Little Giant ladder, my aluminum extendable walkway, some planks, and a sprinkling of Holy Water.  I walked the plank several times and didn’t cause any catastrophic collapses or attract any sharks, so may have solved a problem that has been keeping me awake for many moons.