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Finally a Finished Project
I finished the compost bin this afternoon. It is an ugly, poorly constructed thing. But it is for grass clippings, fruit rinds, egg shells and coffee grinds, so I don’t feel too bad about it. I am fairly pleased with the way I made sliding doors for the front to make turning it over easier. Didn’t execute it well, but I think it is a pretty good idea.
The bad news is that I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to move it. I’m not sure it will hold up well once the dirt and rain accumulate and do their business. But even when we move someday, I’ll already be leaving behind the doggy McMansion I made a few years ago. It’s too big and heavy to get through the fence.
And it definitely feels good to get something finished. There’s been too much drama in my life lately. Marjorie’s got some drama with one of her community groups; the kids have been stressed with the back-to-school grind; I’ve got circuit and district projects going full bore, congregation projects and activities and building progress and of course, the resulting tension that is misdirected at other things, and I have been on edge.
It’s been one of those periods where nothing I put my hand to seems to work out well. So it’s good that this is done. Ugly, crooked and a little wiggly, but done. And it feels good.
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Congratulations!
(It’s a compost bin! Who cares if it isn’t beautiful? Neither is the compost.)
I’d love to see photos of the doggy McMansion.
You left off that you got the water leak situation cleaned up and everything put back today. Jack is out of our room and back in his – that is cause for celebration! Oh, and the compost bin is beautiful. No, you cannot move it into the house, but it’s very pretty.
I’ll take a photo and post it sometime. It’s not really that pretty either. But it is big. And solid.
What? No photo? My husband has been murmuring about making a proper compost bin because we are still using the “temporary” one we made 13 years ago out of posts and chicken wire. It’s ugly, but still works just great!