So this Memorial Day weekend will be remembered by me not for the awesomely cooked food that Meri or I made (cuz we didn’t make any); not for all of the family and friends we got to see (cuz we didn’t do any of that crap either); it will be remembered as the weekend that I was told NOT to build a roof over our patio, which is 12′ x 22′ in case you were wondering. I was told not to build a roof because it was going to be too expensive! BAH…money, there will be plenty of that in the future…right? Ahem. Anyway (this is my paragraph transition)

I have all these wonderful tools that were just begging to be used so I wanted to build something! I wanted to build a damn roof for my patio area, which Meri turned into a full-fledged structure with walls and a door and some screen too! I was just thinking a couple of 4×4 posts, some 8′ 2×4s, a handful of plywood, some nails, some beer, power tools and a much happier and prouder Pete. No. Not this year. *sigh* :( Did that make a sad face where you are?

Anyway, I still had the “I wanna build something awesome” bug (and those begging-to-be-used power tools, don’t forget about those!). So I settled on this and this. You can see that Carly (forcibly) loves it!

So how long do you think it took to build this doghouse! Wow, you’re good! 4 hours is the correct answer in case you got it wrong. The doghouse cost about $60 after the paint and wood and nails. It will be painted and will also have shingles on the roof when it is ready for the yard.

I made a DVD case that we are going to screw onto the wall to help keep Aaron’s grubby paws off of every single DVD we own (which is becoming an everyday event…he likes to open up ALL of them).

Maybe someday, someday soon(er than next year), I’ll get to build my patio. But for now, I’ve got a doghouse and a DVD wall case. Yay me and my power tools!

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