Saws and screws...
Dec. 30th, 2005 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpOh, man, what a day!
It started with a plea to come open the store, which I did (forgetting my BP meds on the way). I stayed for a couple of hours and then ran some errands, did a quickie translation, and turned to on completing the crates that would allow me to fulfill a promise made to our client, to get his shipment out by the end of the year.
Well, I finally got the crates finished, whereupon I had to figure out how to pack the contents using only a roll of fine-cell bubble wrap, which I did without too much trouble. Then I spent some time making sure the boxes were fastened together properly, after which I called the store to have Galina come by and pick me and the boxes up, at a little after 3 pm. In the end, the client spent almost $450 to ship the three paintings.
To be frank, I'm pretty pleased with the crates (though perhaps I should hold back with the unrestrained joy until the boxes arrive in one piece at their respective destinations). Nevertheless, in one respect, despite a lack of good tools, I managed to measure and cut the components to where there were no obvious goofs, the resulting parts fit together fairly snugly, and nothing rattled while moving the finished crates.
The major down side to all of this manly do-it-yourself activity is that I could not address the translation that is due Tuesday, although I am far from any critical state in that regard (heck, I might even find some time to go visit Feht and brainstorm some serious ideas about Galexi Wordsmiths, and maybe even give some thought to some goals for the coming year).
Cheers...
It started with a plea to come open the store, which I did (forgetting my BP meds on the way). I stayed for a couple of hours and then ran some errands, did a quickie translation, and turned to on completing the crates that would allow me to fulfill a promise made to our client, to get his shipment out by the end of the year.
Well, I finally got the crates finished, whereupon I had to figure out how to pack the contents using only a roll of fine-cell bubble wrap, which I did without too much trouble. Then I spent some time making sure the boxes were fastened together properly, after which I called the store to have Galina come by and pick me and the boxes up, at a little after 3 pm. In the end, the client spent almost $450 to ship the three paintings.
To be frank, I'm pretty pleased with the crates (though perhaps I should hold back with the unrestrained joy until the boxes arrive in one piece at their respective destinations). Nevertheless, in one respect, despite a lack of good tools, I managed to measure and cut the components to where there were no obvious goofs, the resulting parts fit together fairly snugly, and nothing rattled while moving the finished crates.
The major down side to all of this manly do-it-yourself activity is that I could not address the translation that is due Tuesday, although I am far from any critical state in that regard (heck, I might even find some time to go visit Feht and brainstorm some serious ideas about Galexi Wordsmiths, and maybe even give some thought to some goals for the coming year).
Cheers...
