I had such a weird thing happen this morning. I came out into the kitchen to start my day, opened up AirPod case to listen to an audiobook while I was working, and proceeded to drop one. But then it was nowhere. I searched everywhere and thought maybe I was losing my mind - ha! When Jim came out, he got his flashlight out and searched to no avail. Of course, Jim gave it some thought and figured out the only place it could be - behind the kick board of the cabinet! He had to take it off...
And...ta da...he found it! There is only a very small space at the top of the board and the AirPod apparently bounced and went right in. Crazy! But - best.husband.ever.
Mom had an appointment today and we left early because the forecast was for freezing rain. Thankfully, we didn't encounter any and it was fine. Jim took advantage of a rainy morning to make a trip to Lowe's. He was originally going to put up the rafter ties on every other stud, but decided to do every stud, so he needed more wood. It's amazing that he can carry 12' boards in the 4Runner!
After lunch, Jim was down in the metal shop, cutting more clips...
And punching them...
Then we headed outside. Jim unloaded the wood onto the saw horses and started cutting them to size...
Cutting the angles...
Once we got all 12 cut, Jim headed up to the shed and marked locations of the clips...
Attaching the clips...
Attaching the clips on the other side...
Setting the board into place...
Attaching the tie to the clip...
Jim put two ties up and then put a screw in at an angle to attach it to the top plate for extra strength and stability...
More than halfway done...
Dark comes quickly, so time to clean up. We stashed the rest of the ties back in the pavilion until tomorrow...
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