Love, Life and Everything

After getting the subfloor installed, we went back out and began the process to anchor it down.  For those who don't know, the winds in Northern New Mexico can get very strong.  So much so that it could easily have lifted up our shed platform and relocated it, causing much damage along the way.  It's not uncommon for small buildings that are not anchored to be blown away.  It's also not uncommon for small buildings improperly anchored to be destroyed by the wind gusts we get here.  I wasn't able to be there for the whole process due to starting to teach online at this point.  I also wasn't able to help much as I was recovering from some unknown upper respiratory thing that wasn't COVID.  But, we had to dig a hole, fill it in with cement, and then back fill with dirt after the cement had set a bit.   Digging holes in compacted dirt isn't exactly easy   It required not only a post-hole digger, but a spike bar, lots of water, and a whole lot of patience     And

 After we got our running boards and floor joists on, we started on the next task.  We were worried about the pandemic getting out of control and we weren't sure what businesses would get to stay open once things started shutting down, so we wanted to get the floor of the shed finished, so we could put a tarp over it and start again when things hopefully calmed down.  So, we started with the rim joists.  Should be easy right, just slap on some wood around the edges of the floor joists and we're good to go right?  Nope. Getting things perfectly square may seem like an easy thing, but as you nail and screw things together, other bits get out of alignment.  Plus, wood is not all the same... sure, you know what general size you are buying, but there are bows and notches and knots, and sometimes, it may not be the same width as all the other stuff, so that slows down your progress a bit.   But, once we got that done, the next part came together fairly easily. Nails may not have been