i didn’t get as much done last night as i had planned, but i was able to do a few things. the first part was to put together the shelves for the den. a table saw would have been really, really handy, but i made do with a cooler and a circular saw. i cut the boards and the trip, and glued them together. of course, clamps would have been really handy, too, but i made do with some string:

i started the staining process last night, but will need to clean things up a bit tonight. the stain was this really weird gel (that is still on my hands…probably can’t be healthy) so a bunch of flying debris got stuck on the wood (we had a bad storm last night, and i was working in the garage with the door open, so lots of wind + dust + sticky gel = more work for me). despite my lack of the proper tools, i think they will turn out just fine.

i wanted to tape off the baby’s room so i could paint tonight, but only got as far as taking all the shelves and such off the walls and patching the holes.  that’s actually more than i thought i would do given my late start.

dinner: archer farms (i love target!) frozen Sicilian thin crust pizza. i ate the whole thing. i’m a big fatty.