Scattered Thoughts . . .

It was a beautiful day today so I got up and was ready to jump into getting some things accomplished outdoors.  I have a few different projects in progress around the house so there was plenty of work to choose from this morning.   I started searching for and collecting tools.  Before I even made it outdoors, my spine was screaming at me and I was walking around bent over like an elderly man in pain.  As if that wasn't enough, my recent head injury was throbbing again too.  I decided to call it a day before I even had breakfast. I ended up sleeping away most of the day and doing some sketching and reading on the couch.   I hear the weather is supposed to be lousy again for the next few days so I doubt much will get done for much of the rest of the week.  That should give my spine and head enough time to recover though.

I wasn't feeling all that great today but I managed to get one sidewall installed on the trash shed.   During yesterday's frame assembly, I slammed my head into a temporary crossbar holding the frame together, saw stars, and things got a bit dark briefly.  The rest of the day yesterday, the area of my head in question was throbbing.  Today, it started throbbing again rather quickly.  Overall, I'm not feeling all that well either but my head is hurting the most.  I think I have a little bit of an abrasion there too. Anyway, I managed to get one sidewall assembled.  I also made a couple of jigs for the roof rafters so I am ready to go on that when I get the right length lumber.   We just finished eating dinner...  some restaurant quality eggplant parmesan with linguine...  it was delicious.  I'm ready for bed now...  well before 8pm...   PS...  this blog entry is entitled "One Test Sidewall" because this first wall is a bit of a test to check the appe

We've had a problem with bears in our garbage so I designed a trash shed that is, hopefully, bear-proof.  I dug out the area a week or so ago then we had days upon days of rain that delayed the project.  Then yesterday, we started building.   I hope to get a little more accomplished today but the hard part is done.   The only part of the build that is a bit fuzzy in my head is how to latch the front doors.  It needs to be easy to access for us yet impossible for a bear to open.  I'll figure something out once I get the doors built, I'm sure.