Assemble, building and painting

Gainesville, FL


I have been really busy and exhausted at the end of the day.  Enjoying sunshine is an exhausting experience :)
  
I was upstairs and the kids were outside playing .. The little girl in the pink loves to wave (she was waving at a bird here) and as any little kid, they were curious what was going on up above them. 

One class go back inside and another comes out.  See the 2 little kids standing at the fence trying to see what was going on?  Snicker

 
the railing upstairs is in bad shape and in need of some repair.   See how the post are kicked loose?

So digging through the scrap lumber and ripping boards to make new ones to replace the really bad ones and then making new railing to keep the post in place and so they can’t be kicked out.  I’m doing the painting.  Have i mentioned how i am not a painter?  I usually end up with more paint on me then on the boards .. snicker

see how much better it looks?  Much more sturdy and nothing like a child can get through these now.
  
This church needs so much work done .. see how they have these metal braces holding up the roof?
 
A new toy arrived that was donated and needed put together

It took lots of patience as normal some of the holes were not completely drilled through and luckily we had the needed tools to get the job done. 

so that task was tackled and finished .. the next day we say the new toy was a hit and it was loaded with kids.  In fact you couldn’t of squeezed another child on it .. i didn’t have my camera with me.
  
Several of the railing had to be completely removed and new ones built.  I got in trouble when i was helping rip some boards, hubby yelled at me as i got my hand to close to the saw blade when reaching to pull a board through.  I have been told to not get near the saw!  Imagine that!  Hubby said he loves my hands all in one piece just like they are now.  Like he has room to talk, he cut the tip of his thumb off using a saw.  It’s horrible to get old and have health problems. (shhh.. don’t tell him i post this picture of him) :))

I haven’t gotten this one painted yet.  Wednesday was a day off as exhausted had set in and  I just didn’t feel well.  Plus i did not hardly sleep Tuesday night.  I’ve have learned to listen to my body and when it says .. time to rest that is what happens.  When you are doing volunteer work you get to work at your own pace and if you do not feel good you get to take time off till you do.  Needless to say it’s been to bed early at night and some nights i am not sleeping because my body is screaming after what I've done all day but I'm enjoying being able to help others.  Sometimes we just have to fight through and do things .. because laying around all the time is not good either.