Sunday was not a productive day. We had a yummy brunch with our cousins Jeff and Lisa at the Alibi Room in Gastown which thankfully was kid-friendly and urbane enough to meet all of our needs. We then took them on a walking tour of our new neighborhood, Strathcona, before they headed back home to Sydney, Australia.
Today, we were back on track and Matt completed a couple more fence panels thanks to some borrowed tools. Our good friend, Dave Croft - a Vancouver Island carpenter and computer science professor - sent a load of amazing tools (including a Japanese framing hammer that I'm dying to use) over on the ferry to us. According to Matt, it made a world of a difference working with a chop saw and impact drill rather than the hand saw and regular old drill he's had since college. Check it out:
My husband has completely transformed from just a few months ago. He's turned in the wool Hugo Boss-vneck and DKNY slacks for a suede toolbelt slung low on his waist, a chunky knit hat and flannel workshirt. Matt has been quite philosophical about these past few days spent working with his hands, the wood lumber and all. It's been such a contrast to his time behind the desk developing financial models in Philadelphia and business school. He came home raving about a radio show he heard on CBC last night featuring Matthew Crawford and his book: "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work". I think the title pretty much says it all.
So, the lesson of the day has been to gather up all the best tools you can find in advance. It probably would have saved us a couple of days if we had them lined up before beginning the fence. We will do a post devoted to tools in the near future.
P.S. We saw John Malkovich today at Costco!
panels are looking good!
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