
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?
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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