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So it's 9:30 AM on the Tuesday of what should have been my vacation, had I not been laid off last week.
My vacation plan was to work on the outbuilding / chapel and to turn it into a usable building. Other than adding "looking for work" onto my daily to do list, I see no reason to change my plans for this week.
The building is a disaster. Right now it has no roof, no floor, and parts of it need to be re-framed. However, I have recently come into the possession of a book on repairing and restoring old barns and sheds. Suddenly, the project is a lot less overwhelming than I thought it was, and I've already revisited some of the early complicating decisions I made on this project.
Not that it will be particularly easy, mind, but now at least I know what I'm going to do.
First thing is to head to the pawn shop and see if I can buy a sabre saw for cheap.
Does anybody have a pair of eight foot house jacks I could borrow for a couple of days?
Edited to add: Just picked up a slightly used DeWalt reciprocating saw for $32.
Needless to say, the project is on a tight budget (of previously allocated funds). Let's see how much of this I can do for.... $500? Got to remember to keep on my Thinking Brain.
My vacation plan was to work on the outbuilding / chapel and to turn it into a usable building. Other than adding "looking for work" onto my daily to do list, I see no reason to change my plans for this week.
The building is a disaster. Right now it has no roof, no floor, and parts of it need to be re-framed. However, I have recently come into the possession of a book on repairing and restoring old barns and sheds. Suddenly, the project is a lot less overwhelming than I thought it was, and I've already revisited some of the early complicating decisions I made on this project.
Not that it will be particularly easy, mind, but now at least I know what I'm going to do.
First thing is to head to the pawn shop and see if I can buy a sabre saw for cheap.
Does anybody have a pair of eight foot house jacks I could borrow for a couple of days?
Edited to add: Just picked up a slightly used DeWalt reciprocating saw for $32.
Needless to say, the project is on a tight budget (of previously allocated funds). Let's see how much of this I can do for.... $500? Got to remember to keep on my Thinking Brain.
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