Oh, who knows how many into it I am now!

So I've spent the past ....what? 3 weeks building a fence. This is one of the toughest jobs I've done so far. Mostly because I had only like 3 hours of help from my mom in that whole time. The rest was all me! So I mostly painted the past week. I added flower boxes and flowers to the fence and I'm very happy with it.

My purpose in life

I started this blog because I am hoping to inspire someone. I feel like my purpose here is help women realize their full potential. I get scared and nervous with each new project I start because it always seems like it's something I've never done before. But I always say if I can just rip it apart then I will be forced to put it back together. So that's the start. And it's super exciting! To rip down a wall or pull out water damaged insulation or 2 x 4's. It's so empowering!
Then stage 2 hits....and I feel like man, I'm never going to be able to figure this out. And I make mistakes. This blog and my work is not about perfection. If I wanted perfection in everything I would have just picked one thing and perfected it over the years. I am not about perfection. I am about doing something to the best of MY abilities and making sure it is safe and structurally sound. So I muddle through this stage, doing research on google and youtube. And at some point I feel like it's finally coming together.
Enter stage 3. The nervousness is over. I get into a groove and I can see the end. I feel great about the work I've done but more importantly, with the feedback I get, I feel like I have inspired someone. It might be for someone to get out and exercise a little by walking. Or it might be a project around the house that you didn't think you could accomplish but are starting. Because that's where the magic begins. With the first initial effort. I appreciate you reading this and I hope I have inspired you to think bigger today. Do not settle for less. Go out and make a difference. Life is so very short!

So I'm renaming this Day 5. Fence

I'm renaming this Day 5 (Tuesday) b/c I took a few days off and this really is day 5 of actually working.
I have one child, my 7 year old daughter, Lyla, who is home every day in the summer. She is going into 2nd grade. Meet Lyla

She's a lunatic. And don't worry....this was just for the picture. When she turned it on I was behind her building the saw. She insists on working in flip flops and sometimes PJ's. Ugh. Luckily she's a kid and her attention span lasts a whole 10 minutes, 11 if I'm lucky.

My son, Axton, who is 5 still has the option of going to his private pre K. Although in the summer I cut the hours to make it less expensive. So he goes like 3 and 1/2 days a week. Gives me a break from sibling fighting. 

Today I got caught in a lot of other crap. My front yard needed a mowing for the past 2 weeks so I had to do it. By the time I was finished (at noon) I was so grimey dirty. It was hot as balls today!!

I started back at the fence around 1:00 pm but ran into some issues. This project is beginning to simulate a puzzle. I have to evaluate the last pieces of the materials I got for free to make the fence and arrange everything just right. After about an hour of rearranging I finally felt good about the placement.

About 2 hours into cutting and screwing in pieces I got to a panel I decided to make out of some picket fencing I got. But I needed the nail gun b/c it was going to take up too much time to drill holes and screw in screws. So I got the nail gun out. Then realized my nails were too long. Ugh! Back to Home Depot. When I got back my girl helped me figure out a great design for that panel. Starting to get excited about the design!

Here's where we ended, due to rain, on Day 5.