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Well some might think I've gone dark given my two month absence from the blog. To the contrary, I've been quite active and productive. In support of this assertion, I submit the following.


This is the wooden shelf in the garage I refinished while Mandy and the kids were away. I wish I had a before picture. It was pretty nasty - dirty, paint chipping everywhere, and some of the shelves were loose. I tightened all the shelves with new screws, cleaned and sanded everything, applied two coats of paint, and put new hardware on. And then I hung the black tool pegboard.

Our garage needs a lot of work, as you can see. Our next projects in the garage are (1) patch and paint the walls, which are pretty beat up, and (2) do something with the floor. The floor is bare concrete and it is stained worse than a second grader's mattress.



This is another garage project I completed in the girls' absence. For most people hanging a piece of wood on the wall would not be difficult, but I managed to struggle with it. Finally I got it level and stuck up on the wall with some glue and screws. It's very sturdy, unlike most of my projects. The black door on the left leads to the backyard, where a wealth of projects awaits us.


I bought my first barbecue. I found a good deal at Lowe's and couldn't say no. It's nothing fancy, no side burners or stainless steel. Just a simple black grill. I successfully assembled and used it without exploding our house or burning the chicken.



I purchased a used gym I found on craigslist. It's in "like new" condition, like everything else on craigslist. This gym really is in great shape. I'm proud to report that I paid $50 for it. It was quite a chore loading it into the CR-V and then getting it into the basement. I had a friend from work help me unload and assemble it. It's a beautiful piece of machinery and I am thrilled about it. You will not recognize me the next time you see me, I'll be buried under muscles. Once we get a treadmill we'll have our own little Gold's gym in the basement.

I thought the gym would come with weights but it didn't. The day after I brought it home I advertised on craigslist that I needed some weights and a few hours later a guy called telling me I could have all the weights I wanted. Another craigslist miracle.

So that's a glimpse of what I've been doing. The bulk of my time has been spent researching caselaw and writing legal documents in my office. If someone wants to see a picture of that, I'll have my secretary take one and post it. But I think you can imagine how exciting it is.