Thursday, September 6, 2007
Today marked a milestone in the life of our son, Jackson, today was his first day at kindergarten. We had already been to the orientation with him yesterday to meet his teacher Mrs. Chalabian and to see what to expect. To be quite honest I think I was more nervous than him, how would he [...]
With many avid drinkers of the already Classic Coke, the company will roll out a new zero calorie drink called “Coke Zero” this version will have zero calories, nothing, zilch, which means us people who put on weight easily will be able to drink it without fear of the extra poundage that can result with [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
This is one of the questions that has been nagging me for quite a considerable amount of time, “How do you determine the age of a Welsh Lovespoon that is up for sale?”
I have done a lot of research on the subject but not one website has mentioned determining the age of a Lovespoon, [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The previous post saw me constructing the “A Frame” and placing the main swing beam into position and whilst finalizing the swing beam and “A Frame” it did give the swing set a whole new dimension but there is still plenty to do, needless to say I felt that the momentum was back. With the [...]
Thursday, August 16, 2007
For everyone who has been following this series of posts on my building of the activity come playground set I’m glad to say that I’ve started to get some traction into the build. I’ve continued with the Fort Swing Set wall after last weekends mishap, the progress went forward with no new mind lapses and [...]
With the integrity of the structure now assured I can now strengthen the upper level of the Jungle Fort before placing in the decking. The first task was to bolt in all the upper beams that would provide support for the slats that would make up the walls and provide support for the additional structures [...]
While I have been constructing the frame work I have been considering the best way to hold this structure in place, that is, stopping it from possibly swaying once the swings are in full flight. The plans suggest using some of the off-cuts of the preserved timber to produce stakes of between 12 and 18 [...]
I’m amazed at how many parts have to be cut, drilled, counterbored and redwood stained to the extent that I’ve decided to start building this puppy. Needless to say there is still the cutting list to go through for making the picnic bench and rock wall but these items are non-structural so that can be [...]
Man! Talk about coming to a screaming halt, these past few weeks have really bit into the creativity in me, family commitments and visits to friends have eaten every available spare minute so as you can imagine not much has been done to expedite the project forward. The one thing that I can say is, [...]
Looking at the pile of lumber that takes up the rear driveway and a good part of the garage I wonder to myself where should I start and a little voice in my head says, “At the beginning of course!” Taking on a project of this magnitude can be overwhelming but so long as it’s [...]
