Daniel arranged for his vacation to fall at the same time as the kid's Spring Break, but since we didn't seem to have the funds to go anywhere, Daniel arranged to make a little extra money instead. Our good friend, Brian, has 17 acres of land about 30 minutes south of our house in Columbia, Tennessee. He's been wanting to build a rough (no plumbing or electrical) cabin on his land, so Daniel got pumped up about the idea and recruited my dad to be the master-mind behind what we now endearingly call, "The Big Build."
Believe it or not, Daniel worked worse hours as a construction worker than he does as a doctor. They left at 7:30am and wouldn't come home until 8:30pm or so. I tried to do a few fun things with the kids so they didn't feel totally jipped out of a Spring Break. We went to the Adventure Science Museum, the zoo, Jump Zone (a big place with a bunch of moon bounce type things), and of course, to see "The Big Build."
It's a 16 x 20 ft structure with a 6 ft porch. It also has a loft on either side of the upper level which is connected by a cat walk. The original plans only had a loft on one side of the cabin, but that's how it goes in construction...everything can be subject to change.
We all went down on Thursday to see the progress, and that is
when my dad sustained his first injury. He was using the power nailer (need I say more?) and got one stuck through his finger and into his palm. Supposedly he kind of looked at it, grabbed the end by his teeth, pulled it out, finished nailing whatever he was nailing, and then came down to have the good doctor take a look at it. I quickly became the nurse on the scene and we worked together to get the bleeding stopped and my dad medicated and bandaged up. Five minutes later he had on a new glove and was back to work. Does that sound strange to anyone else??? Hello???? He pulled the NAIL out of his HAND with his TEETH and then went right back to WORK! Now, that is dedication. Hopefully that will be the first and only injury.
when my dad sustained his first injury. He was using the power nailer (need I say more?) and got one stuck through his finger and into his palm. Supposedly he kind of looked at it, grabbed the end by his teeth, pulled it out, finished nailing whatever he was nailing, and then came down to have the good doctor take a look at it. I quickly became the nurse on the scene and we worked together to get the bleeding stopped and my dad medicated and bandaged up. Five minutes later he had on a new glove and was back to work. Does that sound strange to anyone else??? Hello???? He pulled the NAIL out of his HAND with his TEETH and then went right back to WORK! Now, that is dedication. Hopefully that will be the first and only injury.It's coming along quite nicely and my dad will be here a few more days at least! Daniel goes back to work as a doctor tomorrow and Tristan and Alicia are back to school!
This is the back-side of the cabin on Thursday. They were just starting on the roof.
This is the back view from the other side on Saturday.
And here's the front view, also on Saturday.
2 comments:
The "big build" looks great. I can't believe your dad. What a man!! He is very brave.
ok, that could totally be matt damon on the bourne identity. what a man you dad is! lolo. crazy men. this cabin sounds great (well, i'd want plumbing). we'll have to ask dan how they did it. we're thinking of doing this just so we can afford a HUGE piece of land when we finish here.
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