May 9 to 15, 2010
This week was mostly dedicated to building the gazebo. We made a lot of progress, more than I had expected we would.
A week of antibiotics enabled Sully to beat the upper respiratory infection. He improved daily while on the antibiotics and is now healthy once again. And three days of antibiotics helped me to fight off the cat bite infection in the back of my hand. That took longer than three days, but three days of antibiotics is all my colitis will tolerate.
Friday was another long day of running errands in Penticton. The main errand was having the truck serviced. WHEW … that damn beast sucked up $739 worth of fluids and filters !
We have now put six days of effort into building the gazebo. Joanne has been an excellent assistant. The first four days went exceptionally well, and we got the walls erected. On the fifth day we began to work on the roof, and things went poorly. We got the rafters erected, then the roof panels would not line up and fit properly. It was a frustrating day for both of us. We ended the day with one of eight roof panels installed.
I started the sixth day with a pencil, a piece of paper, and a tape measure, doing a lot of measuring and engineering calculations. I ended up repositioning three of the rafters slightly. We installed another four of eight roof panels. Three more to go. Joanne was frustrated again today. Me less so. She decided that the day’s work ended when, due to a bit of carelessness, considerable frustration, and fatigue, she stabbed me in the lower leg with a sharp drill bit while passing me the drill while I was standing on a ladder. OUCH !
The first thing we noticed when we got the gazebo components uncrated and unwrapped was that there was no screen door and no wall screens. First thing Monday morning I was on the phone to Alliance Woodcraft. This gazebo kit comes in two versions. One without a screen door and wall screens, one with. ( sigh ) Their shipping department sent the wrong one ! We are awaiting their shipping of a screen door and wall screens.
DSK
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