Should I quit now, or keep going today?

[EatenByLimestone]

I started off the day painting the room with the hearth so my neighbor and I will be able to install the hardwood floor tomorrow. (50 cents/sq ft!) Woohoo, the room will look the way I want it to! Almost done rehabbing the downstairs of the house!

Score:
Matt 1

Then I look at the grass and think it's about time to get that 5 1/2 hp mower that the neighbor gave me working. It needs 2 new wheels. I pick up the wheels, put them on, fill it up with the leftover snow blower gas and it starts on the 2nd pull! Woohoo!

Matt 2

I start mowing the lawn, happen to look up to where the range hood exits outside and smoke is pouring out. I yell to the wife and she replys she's cooking something. I run inside and she had set something on top of the stove on fire! It's plastered itself against the hood screen and is drafting out the side of the house! I grab the fire exitnguisher and put it out. Considering I painted the room next to it, but now have a smoked out kitchen I think I have to remove a point.

Matt 1

I start cutting the lawn again and with only a strip 3 feet wide, about 15 feet long left I hit the water valve since the new lawnmower is set lower than I usually cut the grass. Blade is trashed.

Matt 0


It looks like I'm destroying just about as much as I'm creating today. Should I just sit on the porch and drink beer or try to be useful and fix/do spring work? Later tonight my father is going to drop off a new 22" blade that he has had hanging in his garage.

Matt and aferrd to strike out today.

 

[titan]

I'd call it a day before something worse happens.Can't argue with the logic of sittin' on the porch with a beer;should be reasonably safe too.Tomorrow is another day.....just keep a couple spare brews on hand.

 

[Harley]

There's always days like that, Matt.... gotta just keep plugging away. I was actually pretty productive today, after a real crappy - everything went wrong kind of week. Got a bunch of next year's wood split up (Kellog - yup - doing better on the PPE). Just going to sit out for a few minutes, maybe have a beer or 2, and then get to stacking. Keep going, Matt - that's my vote anyway (but sit out on the porch and have a few first).

 

[Todd]

Don't give up, just take a deep breath, drink a cold beer, and get back at it!

 

[restorer]

Whatever you do, don't decide to light a ripping fire tonight. Things always happen in threes for me, especially the bad things.

 

[wg_bent]

Go split some wood with a maul. bout the only thing you can do there is break the maul handle.

 

[elkimmeg]

New day clean slate so you are ready to go. Especially after a cold one or two the day before

 

[johnsopi]

You saved the kitchen so you should add 2 points for that, and take it easy.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Well the new floor is 1/2 to 3/4 of the way in. I'll snap a few pics tonight after I pick up a few batteries for the camara.

Matt

 

[Corie]

Go split some wood with a maul. bout the only thing you can do there is break the maul handle.

Or your foot! haha