Claire helped me make some great progress on the basement today, and we've got a place cleared out in the basement for me to start building. Our basement has enough room that the forms will sit off to the side and not take up much space. Also I picked up my cedar strips today, which was very exciting. The owner of the mill told me that it was more than he'd sold in 2 years; it's really rare for people to want long pieces of clear (free of knots) cedar. I'm really glad I built a frame to hold the strips, they are so light they would've blown away, and the longer ones needed to go into the cab of my truck so they didn't flop out the back of my 6 foot bed. 
Believe it or not, this isn't the first time I've done something like this with my trusty old ranger. That dashboard is on there real good. It's a bit nerve wracking when you accelerate uphill though.
Oddly enough, Claire agreed to let me keep this in our upstairs hallway, which is exactly 14' long (the house smells nicely like cedar now). I think maybe it's because I surprised her with V-day gifts, like a massage-abacus thing that Karl helped me pick out, and a piece of red velvet cheese-cake. If you know Claire, you're nodding right now. (She just hit me and pointed out that she's lost 6 pounds! :)
Here's Karl helping us clean up the basement. After making sure every marker was on the floor instead of the box, he decided to run around making a REAL mess. You can also see my plywood forms in this picture, and the 12 foot 2x4 I'm going to use as the "strongback" where the forms are mounted.
Karl wanted everyone to see the present he helped me pick out and wish you a happy valentine's day.
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Happy day to Karl. EJ-do you watch NCIS. In case you don't the main character Gibbs is always building a boat in his basement and everyone always wonders how he gets them out when they are finished. Good luck.
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