Braggin' time .......................................

UPDATE: Saw DD this evening - he came over to thank me for my concern - then, I guess he's not TOO terribly PO'd about my "yenta-ing" - he asked me to take care of his dog, while he's away overnight ............................ ;-)

Sunday, as my spousal unit was leaving for work, he said we NEED a shed for the lawnmower & weedwhacker {so they wouldn't walk off like our 3 5 gallon gas cans}, but he wasn't too impressed with the prices .......................... soooooooooooooo, I hied myself to Home Depot & got: 5 sheets of 1/2 inch plywood, 3 4x4s, 5 2x4s & hinges & hasp {for $107.00 & change} - by the time he got home Sunday, I had it floored, the walls up, and the door on it - as he gets out of the car, he says "I just spent $600.00 on a shed" - I said OK, I'll dismantle it - we can ALWAYS find uses for wood - he said no, we'll stick with mine - put the roof on it Monday, then re-did the door {bolts & nuts in the hinges vice woodscrews, 2x4 framing to straighten the plywood, with a cross brace, another $15.00} yesterday ........................... it's 4 ft x 4 ft x 6 ft in front, 5 ft in back, with the floor on the 4x4s, to keep it "off" the ground .........................

Got the last bits @ Lowe's, b'cause we've a neighbor {DD} who lives alone and who no one had seen/spoken with for 3 days - his brother {RD} works @ Lowe's, so I went there to let him know DD is doing his agoraphobic routine - I had stopped a police car making his regular circuit the night before, and HE had knocked on the door, walked around, to see if DD was visible ....................... other neighbors {D, the bully I've mentioned previously & his wife, L} said they had spoken with DD via phone - DD has some degree of paranoia, and WILL NOT deal with police if he can possibly avoid it - D was waxing mouthy about my being nosy, & butting in - HERE'S the thing - D wasn't willing to speak to police, or go to the effort to speak to RD, to check up on DD - I am not willing to just 'hope for the best' and ignore someone who is going through a rough patch & may just need to know that someone cares ........................... I DID see RD, who called his brother while I was there & was speaking to him when I left - RD did allow as how DD does this from time-to-time, and there's not a lot that can be done about it .......................

Anyhoo, got the shed built, and THAT'S what the bragfest is about ...........................