I really like this bridge on the sidewalk to a neighbor's house. It is simple in construction. I once built a skateboard box with my son Tim. I over-engineered it so much that it almost took 3 people to move it. The basic idea was to build something that was very portable and would withstand the beating of steel and wood pounding on it. I didn't want it falling apart and hurting someone. You could have dropped it from a 10 story building and it would have survived, but it weighed a ton! If you ask Stacie she will tell you that I over-complicate everything. If she wants me to hang a picture, I get the picture, then a hammer, then a nail. I figure it should be centered so I go look for a tape measure. It should be completely horizontal so I go dig out a level. I should mark the wall to know where to place the nail so I go get a pencil. I come back to the picture hanging location to find that Stacie has put it up already. I'm trying to get better but I have the overwhelming urge for things to be perfect. It can't be almost centered or level. It has to be exactly centered or level. I am the kind of person that will walk behind the counter at a business and straighten things on the shelf. I will make the stack of magazines fan evenly. I tell Stacie that I'm not OCD. I'm CDO (I put the letters in the right order!). I also can't stand my hands to feel dirty. I don't have to wash them a hundred times a day, but if I touch something that doesn't feel right, I have to immediately wash them. My daughter Clair gave me some hand sanitizer and told me that she knew that I was going to wash after using it because I had hand sanitizer on my hands! So this bridge represents where I want to be. Simple and functional. I'm working on it Stacie !!! What symbolizes where you want to be?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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that box was fun, and STURDY. that culdesac was just too rocky. lots of good times with that one. what symbolizes where i want to be? Pappy and Gramps. and a yacht!
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