4th of July, Woodworking

So as I mentioned in a previous post, the 4th of July was a lot of fun. On the photos page we finally posted the pictures. Check em out if you’re interested.

We still haven’t taken Haley’s 4 month pictures yet. Maybe we’ll go get some good ones at Memorial Gardens this weekend. I’ve had the gear set up in the living room to do her photo shoot for a couple of days now. The only problem is, the backdrop usually hangs from the curtain rod over the main window in the living room. So we really need to wait until it gets dark outside. Lately, its been getting dark around 9 and Haley is ready for bed then. Maybe we’ll get it done one day this week.

I thought about doing the shoot in the morning, but that would cut into the running. I’ve got a little catching up to do on my work Nike challenge. I was pretty far ahead of most of the people at work. Then my iPod died on me. According to the guy at the Apple store, the battery has a life of about a year and a half. Not that impressive. Anyway, 72 bucks later and I’m back in business. I’ve just got to make sure I don’t miss any more runs. Tonight I’m missing one since I have to babysit. Laura’s out with some girls. One of the ladies I work with says that I’m not babysitting, I’m fathering. Father’s don’t call it babysitting. I’m not sure what to call it.

I did some woodworking this weekend. I’ve decided I’m getting back into it. Basically, I hacked up a 2000 dollar door to make some 20 dollar recipe boxes. The in-laws upgraded their front door and gave us theirs. Turns out it was going to be a huge pain to make it work on our front door due the location of the hardware and the side of the door the hardware was on. They didn’t want the door back and I couldn’t find anyone to take it. So, rather than throwing it away, I made some use of it. I’ve got a LOT of mahogany left over from it. I just used 3 of the center panels to make the boxes. I’m going to make something neat out of the rest of the door. End table or something like that. I just have to figure out what.