Aye yi yi…
Posted by Ben on June 18th, 2006
Every so often, I tell myself that I’ll do a better job keeping this page updated. Then, I visit the site and see my last posting came a month and a half ago. Such a slacker…
So, here comes the obligatory part where I make excuses about how busy I’ve been, which is at least kind of true. We spent Memorial Day weekend putting up a new fence in our backyard. (by we, myself, my dad, and Marcie’s dad and brother) It was a fair bit of labor, thanks to a few factors. First, we had to remove the old chain-link fence. Second, we couldn’t use pre-fab panels, because in a spurt of pure genius, the Village of Arlington Heights requires that fences not exceed 5 feet tall, and all pre-fab panels come 6′ tall. Third, those pre-fab panels are all 8′ long, and our old fence was on 10′ posts.
We ended up with the following:
380 1×6x6′ cedar dogear pickets
16 4×4x8′ cedar posts
32 2×4x10′ boards
1 nail gun (woo-hoo!)
32 bags concrete
About a gallon of Gatorade per guy per day (90 degrees every day)
Net result - 1 great looking shadowbox fence. Pictures to follow, naturally.
It’s also been wedding season around here - last two weekends in a row, actually. Marcie’s brother got married last weekend up in Madison, and one of Marcie’s friends from work got married this weekend. We’re on wedding hiatus for a little over a month before we head to Maine for one of Marcie’s cousins in early August.
And, it wouldn’t be my life if I wasn’t traveling like crazy…but, I did get a week off over Memorial Day, and I’m off the hook this week for a change. Good news is that the end may be finally in sight on this project.