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wren08I do not like Ace hardware's idea of lumber. Yesterday, on my lunch break, I went and got the makings for one set of shelves (for books) and the two boards I needed for the top shelf for the other set (for quilting supplies and fabric). Some how I managed to fit two 7' boards into the back of my Saturn sedan (quite a trick, let me tell you!) as well as the rest of the lumber. And screws. And wood glue... mine had dried up due to age.
As I had the day off I blithely supposed that I could assemble a set of shelves fairly quickly, leaving me plenty of time for covering the garden with landscaping cloth, the blueberry bushes with cheese cloth, talk to the TEAM center about Emily's results (more on that in a minute) and do the regular work like laundry and dishes. Ha.
Not one single cut on the lumber was square and my 12" wide boards were only 11 1/4". Elizabeth had a friend spend the night and after I cleaned up the mess she made in the kitchen the third time (after I had already cleaned it!) I actually groused at her in front of her friend about cleaning up some. The garden only got about 25% finished and while I did manage to build the shelves they were a lot more trouble than they should have been. And every screw I tried to screw into the wood either split the wood or stripped out or both. And this was in soft pine! Wonder how fast they'd have snapped if I'd been trying to work with oak? I also don't have a power saw... but next time I'll make the cuts (as far as possible) myself because I can do better with
my little bity hand saw than the hardware store guys did with their power saw.
Emily's results were... unsurprising. She's very bright but she's easily distracted and can't concentrate very well... she has poor impulse control (read practically non-existant)... and she has a shade of oppositional defiance disorder. When I was growing up we just called it "being stubborn". Gee. This is about what I told them before she was evaluated. What a waste of time. I also noticed, as they didn't, that Emily inherited a touch my dyslexia. (I think that comes from thinking too fast and trying to do too much all at once.) This is not news.
The rest of the week will be even more hectic... you should see my lists... but inspite of that I took time out to take Emily book shopping... and then spent part of the day reading a new book (new to me) called "The Quilter's Apprentice" which I enjoyed immensely. I also got my copy of "Code of the Woosters" from England today. I think I have read that one before but it has been so long that I am not positive. In any case, I will enjoy reading it again, to be sure!
Two more days until vacation. In that time I have to clean the car... clean out the car... and get a jump start on getting us packed. *groan* This is the only thing I hate about travel. If it were just me, I could throw a couple of changes of clothes and some toiletries in a bag and be gone.
As I had the day off I blithely supposed that I could assemble a set of shelves fairly quickly, leaving me plenty of time for covering the garden with landscaping cloth, the blueberry bushes with cheese cloth, talk to the TEAM center about Emily's results (more on that in a minute) and do the regular work like laundry and dishes. Ha.
Not one single cut on the lumber was square and my 12" wide boards were only 11 1/4". Elizabeth had a friend spend the night and after I cleaned up the mess she made in the kitchen the third time (after I had already cleaned it!) I actually groused at her in front of her friend about cleaning up some. The garden only got about 25% finished and while I did manage to build the shelves they were a lot more trouble than they should have been. And every screw I tried to screw into the wood either split the wood or stripped out or both. And this was in soft pine! Wonder how fast they'd have snapped if I'd been trying to work with oak? I also don't have a power saw... but next time I'll make the cuts (as far as possible) myself because I can do better with
my little bity hand saw than the hardware store guys did with their power saw.
Emily's results were... unsurprising. She's very bright but she's easily distracted and can't concentrate very well... she has poor impulse control (read practically non-existant)... and she has a shade of oppositional defiance disorder. When I was growing up we just called it "being stubborn". Gee. This is about what I told them before she was evaluated. What a waste of time. I also noticed, as they didn't, that Emily inherited a touch my dyslexia. (I think that comes from thinking too fast and trying to do too much all at once.) This is not news.
The rest of the week will be even more hectic... you should see my lists... but inspite of that I took time out to take Emily book shopping... and then spent part of the day reading a new book (new to me) called "The Quilter's Apprentice" which I enjoyed immensely. I also got my copy of "Code of the Woosters" from England today. I think I have read that one before but it has been so long that I am not positive. In any case, I will enjoy reading it again, to be sure!
Two more days until vacation. In that time I have to clean the car... clean out the car... and get a jump start on getting us packed. *groan* This is the only thing I hate about travel. If it were just me, I could throw a couple of changes of clothes and some toiletries in a bag and be gone.
