Ahhh...To Be A Home Owner

What do you get when you combine a really cool tank top sunburn, upper body ache, at least 1 gallon of perspiration lost, $100 of materials, and at least 25 emotional breakdowns? Okay, I will tell you....the answer is a 3 day Memorial Weekend project of completing and staining a fence, and then deciding to do some landscape cleanup afterwards.

I am not exactly sure what inspired me to make the phone call home on Saturday morning to ask Kristin if she could go out on our deck and measure the space where we needed a new fence built? But, all I know is that I came home with a truck full of lumber and stain and a big fat smile on my face. I began the project not really knowing what I was doing, but come on how hard can building a fence really be? The truth is, building the damn fence is really not that difficult, but getting it done in 97 plus degrees is a whole different story. I definitely have a new appreciation for those who work construction, or any other kind of labor intensive job, out here in the Lonestar State.

So, here we are on the last day of my 3 day weekend, and I can finally sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor. The only unfortunate part to this project was that it didn't have the "WOW factor" that I am always looking for. The "WOW factor" is when you can instantly see a major difference between the before and the after. In this case, our fence was so unstable that it literally took a swift kick, and wallah 15 seconds worth of demo. Now the structure and the materials are brand new and stable, so I can at least feel good that Kristin and I aren't going to be laying out one day, and then the whole fence falls down...I know what you're thinking...no, I do not lay out naked!