Gold Star plus!

The 1st picture is of the goat pen door that I needed to work on. Behind that long 2x4 there was an empty space. I needed to cut and then nail another 2x4 behind it so that when I bent the metal flap over I would have a place to screw it down.


The 2nd pictures is what it looks like with the metal bent over and screwed down. Now I have to admit that the right side is not pretty like the left side. Tim started the left side and I just had to punch holes into the metal with a nail and then screw it down. I did get cranky punching holes with a nail. Metal bounces back and your nail will scitter and slide all over. I ended up jamming a thin piece of wood behind the metal and that stopped the bounce. The right hand side was a pain in the butt! It wouldn't bend very well as there was a seam where it needed to bend. I beat the crap out of it with a hammer to get it to fold over. Then it was too wide so I had to get the tin snips and cut about 2 inches off. That made for a real jagged edge. Good times, good times.

3rd picture is the door all framed in. Do you want to hear about how I had to pound out nails out of the darker wood so that I could use it? No? Good. It was not exciting. But I cut all the wood the right length. I had to hammer them in a little cause they were snug. That way they stayed in place so I could hammer the nails in.
4th picture is of the clean garage. I didn't put the lumber scraps away as I still have wood work to do. Like finish the chicken pen. And put a door on the goat pen so that I can keep the goats inside or keep them outside. I'm not sure if I want to put the door inside or on the outside.

I also made a batch of soap. This batch is patchouli. I'm not so sure about this scent. It is real strong but then it is concentrated so maybe when I cure it and time goes by it will smell milder.

I also took a load of stuff to the dump. That was my little extra thing I did. You know? It really helped telling you all that I was going to do the 3 chores. So thanks.