Well, for my inaugural post I was hoping to say something memorable, something important, something that will make the reader feel he has come away with something from this experience.

Then I thought...wait...why not just make this post as dull as all the ones that'll follow it will be? Heck, it's a lot less effort too, and I'm all about the lessening of the effort.

Today was a big day...after the normal work issues with the computer and the screen and the keyboard and all that rot, it came time for out favorite thing to do in our new household: The Weeknight Project! I'll have to relate the wonderous story of our first Weeknight Project...Project Computer Room Shelves. (which includes the tale of the not-missing wall stud)

Well, today's installment of Weeknight Project was Project Laundry Room Shelves...the wicked cousin of Project Computer Room Shelves. Today, we actually failed in not-missing the wall stud, which was good. But we hadn't bought a critical piece of hardware, which was bad. You know the things that connect the shelves to the wall? We forgot those. Whoops. That meant a trek to home depot (second this week) to buy the fasteners and some other odds and ends, including a bungee cord so The Racoon From Hell (or Cat) will be unable to do his twice-weekly 'throw our trash all over our lawn' mission.

Anyhoo, returning from the Home Depot with the fasteners and utilizing all my pen, drill, level, and standing on the washing machine skills Court and I were able to mount the fasteners to the wall. BUT THEN----We found out our shelf was 12" deep, instead of the 16" deep one we wanted. I know, I know, 4" is a big difference...should I have seen that? ANSWER: NO. Because this is a Weeknight Project, I am physically incapable of having it come off without a hitch. SOME PROBLEM MUST OCCUR! NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL!

This meant another Trip to Home Depot (third this week) and the returning and purchasing of shelves and shelving material. Long story short (too late, har har) shelf is up and is now filled almost to the ceiling with shower stuff we probably will never use, like a crockpot, some kind of dustbuster on steroids, and an iron...which to me is useful as a Monopoly token but not as a household appliance.

Seriously...I am more likely to use a buggy whip to go nutso on my car than ever iron anything, ever. I just use the shower steam like every other hobo and homeless man.

With that, it's late, and this first post is in the can. Played EF2 for a few hours after Court went to sleep...now the contacts are-a dryin' up.

Later skaters