Today started out like most Tuesdays. I did my cardio, then headed to the gym for my workout with Marti. Today seems a little harder than any of the other days, but I was able to get through it. When I got home, I fixed breakfast and we all headed to the garage. We pulled the tubs of Christmas stuff down from the attic. Kyle was a big help since I did not have to climb on my hands and knees to the back and pull each tub out. We then started to work on the decorations for the holly tree. We cut 10 foot strands of chain and attached 6 large ornaments to each one. We then were able to get 6 of them on to the holly tree before Dawn came over. It looks really cool and will finish the other strands tomorrow. Kyle assembled the snowman countdown sign for the yard. Only 31 more days til Christmas. We will finish setting out the rest of the decorations on Friday or Saturday. Dawn came over to help Beth finish putting together her backdoor screen. She wanted to attach plexiglas to each side on the bottom to stop the dog from running through it. The first set of plexiglas panels Beth and Dawn got were too narrow and we could not use it. So Dawn and I went to Lowe's to get 2 more bigger pieces and some binder screws to attach them. As we were leaving Lynne came over to get some stuff out of the attic she stored up there. Dawn and I began working on the screen project. I began drilling the holes in the Plexiglas. What a pain that was. You have to start out small and build up to the size you want in order to not split the plexiglas. I was doing great until the first hole of the size we needed and CRACK. Well that was not good, but we continued on. No more major cracks, but a few spider cracks. So we went to set the plexiglas on the metal screen frame and the holes were not correct. They were to close to the screen and about 4 would have to be re drilled. So we came to a stop to see if we could do something else to save it. Beth and I took Kyle home and then went to Lowe's. Dawn headed home again without a screen. We promised we would have it done by tomorrow. We looked at Lowe's and everything we found was going to cost just as much as buying new sheets of plexiglas, so we got the 3rd set of plexiglas panels. We came home and I practiced on the cracked ones, and Beth did her cardio. I was able to figure out how to drill the hole without cracking the plexigass. So off to the new ones I went and completed them all without any cracks. We attached it to the frame and it really looks nice. However, it is missing 1 binder screw that went home with Dawn, so she will have to finish it. Even though we had to buy a new set, it was great experience on working with plexiglas. So now my back, knees, and feet are very sore and I can't wait to get to the hot tub for a really good soak. We have another busy day tomorrow. This is the holly tree we are decorating, we can only get about half way up and will post a picture of it when we are done.
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