Idle Hands - A man alone, with a power drill.

President's Day is one of those weird holidays where only federal or state workers get it off. I find that when the wife goes to work and I stay at home that my mind spins. Especially since I bought an XL BGE back in the summer. I either make my root rub, smoke some ribs or plan some other elaborate cook. Yesterday I decided to do some house work with a new power drill that I just got. Most housewives would probably cringe at the thought of their husband loose in the house unsupervised with a power drill, but mine was pleasantly surprised when she get home.

I picked this beauty up at the Shore this past weeked at one of those surf sign shops on the boardwalk. I think it speaks for itself.


I mounted it in an appropriate spot on the Big Green Shed right above my Pig Furnace.


That project was fairly straight forward, but I also decided to dress up the nursery in the house. My wife and I are expecting our first child, which is a boy, due in May. We are going with a surf shop theme for the room.

I spent a couple of hours measuring, drilling and mounting these wake boards. These are real wooden wake boards and not really meant to be mounted so I had to drill some mounting holes through them. Getting them placed perfectly level and evenly spaced between the window and the wall was tricky, but I nailed it. Mounted this with some hollow wall anchors and rubber washers so I could tighten them down real good. They aren't going anywhere.


Surfs up brah!!

MP