If You Build It, Shed Saga Continues, part 2

 In March, I bought two cute little shed kits, on sale, from Costco. Constructing them would be fun! 

In June, my sheds still hadn’t arrived but the heat had. Constructing sheds in record breaking heat seemed like a lot less fun than it had in March. In fact, it seemed like work—something I try to avoid.

In July, the sheds finally arrived. Mark and I stopped hiking on weekends and started shed construction. I found it was a lot harder to convince Mark to stop and photograph a particularly striking arrangement of 2x4’s than it had been to get him to pause his relentless quest for elevation gained and photograph a particularly striking arrangement of flora.

Shed construction moved in stages, some slower than others. We hit a snag early on when we discovered that the kits were missing one sheet of 4x8 plywood at the proper thickness for flooring and instead had on extra sheet of the thinner, roofing thickness. Being a slavedriver/problem solver, Mark suggested we just borrow the proper sheet of plywood from the other kit until we could go to the hardware store to replace it, so that weekend’s work continued, unabated. (Note: the fine people at the shed company promptly sent a check to cover the cost of replacement.)

Look at all that room for activities! And STUFF!!

Little by little, weekend by weekend, we chipped away at the project. I developed a new appreciation for those that labored to build the pyramids. 

Eventually, we started to gain momentum. Shed One reached roofing, trim, and painting stage when in August, Mark was suddenly dispatched to California to oversee safety concerns for a railroad bridge replacement on the Dixie Fire.

Fortunately, my childhood friend Robin came over and engineered a clever system for roofing the shed. While the roof wasn’t large, it was steep—probably 45*. 

Robin, roofing. So glad we hit it off in Kindergarten!

Roofing achieved, I then set my sights on tasks I could accomplish on Shed Two until Mark returned...

Next week: Why it’s Dangerous to Live Next Door to Neighbors with a Strong Work Ethic.