I have declared independence from my to-do list
Isn't that sufficiently patriotic? I don't blow crap up - but I will surely dig holes, cut stuff, drill things and nail stuff. And thus, we have tackled two projects this weekend.

First, we are now the proud owners of a screen door in the back of the house. It's very exciting - of course we don't have a prayer of having the back door open any time soon (too damn hot). But whenever there is a breeze again on a day when it isn't 95 degrees, we will be able to enjoy it. Plus the Poopus will be a bit closer to nature. Huzzah!

I still have to paint it - and get some handles. But we have a door.

We've also put up one piece of crown molding - just six more pieces to go. We decided to go for the guest room first. Deeps and I figured that we should start on a smaller room than the living/dining room (at a whopping 300 square feet). The guest room is a little more straight forward - there are a couple of weird angles.

Deeps is in charge of cutting, I paint the trim and then nail it up - for the family I am the hammerer and Deeps is the sawer. Fun fact about finishing nails you need for crown molding - they are covered in some kind of dark dust so that when you nail up your nice, clean, white molding you see all kinds of crazy black finger prints!

I am actually washing my remaining nails and we'll have to go back over the trim we installed with a cloth - then putty and more paint.

God Bless America.