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Remodeling is a never ending series of starts and stops around here. One cabinet in the kitchen, which was "finished" 5 years ago, still needs polyurethane. The deck, finished 2 years ago, is still missing side rails. The den is still without baseboards and, well, there's more but I'll stop there. Seems we start out with some money, big plans and much energy. All of which quickly wanes.
I help with all of the remodeling projects although I avoid power tools. When it comes to things like using a circular saw, my main job is to stand nearby with phone in hand and have 911 pre-dialed, so I can push the send button...just in case it WAS'NT a good idea to use the saw without its safety guard attached. But, what do I know about safety and power tools? I'm JUST a woman afterall. If the use of the unguarded saw is as unsafe as I think it is, then I suppose it will become my job to pick up any severed digits, after calling the EMT's.
Another of my "jobs" is to hold the ladder. Haven't figured this assignment out. Can anyone else see the flaw in this safety measure? I mean, am I, at 120 pounds, suppose to catch this 245 pound man should he fall from the ladder? I guess he doesn't realize that should he start falling, I'm abandoning my post at the foot of the ladder so I won't be embedded into the wood floor if he should land on me! Safety first! I'm not a total fool afterall!
My main job in all of this remodeling (besides whining that I don't feel like cooking dinner after working all day) is "Keeper of the sh*t". Every morning when the hubby complains, "People need to leave my tools alone so I don't have to hunt for them everyday!", it becomes my job, as "Sh*t Keeper" to inform him that his hammer is on the window sill where HE left it yesterday.
Of course, each new project teaches me some valuable lessons about carpentry. I recently learned:
1) The purpose of 3 pair of protective goggles is to occupy the top drawer of the tool box.
2) No mention of ownership of said goggles is appreciated.
3) My parents use to say, "Some people would lose their head if it were'nt attached." This is a phrase that I now completely understand!
4) There is, apparently, no reason for the weight limit warning on ladders.
5) Don't ask questions...because SOME people get awfully crabby when they are working.
Tomorrow...the deck railings. Wonder what lessons I'll learn on this project?
