Busy weekend...with no riding!

The weather pretty much put a halt to any plans to ride this weekend. Not that it mattered a whole heck of a lot. My Saturday was full and being on the bike had no place in the day. The husband of a workmate of Jonnene's has been working on cabinets and a table for the laundry room for us, along with a component cabinet for the TV stuff, and he came over with the completed table to install. We did a bit of trimming and it fit like a glove next to the washer/dryer stack. Then the two of us worked to get the flat-screen TV mounted on the wall above the fireplace and after a couple of hours to make sure the wall was secure enough to hold the TV and the heavy-duty wall mount, we got it mounted! It really looks strange kinda floating above the fireplace like it does. The picture shows how we reinforced the wall with a 1x12 board to spread the weight across the weaker part of the wall since there weren't enough studs for us to work with behind the paneling. I also had to snake all the cables through the wall. Didn't really enjoy that either!

So we got that all done and then I took off to pick up the chair that went with the couch we bought about two weeks earlier. Since I picked up the furniture in my truck, I also had to put on the "feet" below them. This was not an easy task...the instructions say all you need is a Phillips-head screwdriver and it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. Make that an hour or so, with a blister in the palm of my hand and a couple of new screwdrivers I had to buy to replace the ones that were torn up by the screws! I've never had to work so hard to do a simple job like this in my life! Well, maybe I have but I've removed those memories from my mind, I guess.


This was all done because Jonnene was hosting a bridal shower, our first "event" at the new house. I finally cleaned up and left the household while the party was going on...too much estrogen in the place. I got a pizza and cruised the outdoor and tool sections at Sears, getting a garden hose and nozzle in the process.

Today, it rained....no riding. Just as well since I'm feeling pretty lazy.