Monday, September 1, 2008

Mr Project

Clint is one of the most informed consumers I know and best handyman around. If we are thinking of purchasing anything he will pour over the internet and research everything about it before we decide where and what to actually buy. He is also the most ingenious about finding great deals and the best priced ways to accomplish goals; which usually turns into some kind of project for him. Like our landscaping - he worked 3 months for his buddy who has a curbing business so we could get ours for free in trade work. We have tons of rock masonry in our landscape including a courtyard and stone pillars with a connecting retaining wall and we didn't purchase a single rock to do it. Clint did the work himself including collecting the rocks using permits from the government - just like the companies who want to charge 200% more than what you can do it yourself.



His latest project is taking a trailer he bought dirt cheap that was designed to haul wave runners and turning it into an equipment/rock/toy hauler trailer. It has been amazing to watch the transformation over the last few months. He had to chop it apart and make it smaller, reinforce where the equipment will ride on it before putting the decking on, re-do the electrical (after Sasha chewed the wires up... bad dog!), and the latest piece, welding a new tongue and a new support that holds it up when it isn't attached to the hitch.



When the weather is warm, we don't see much of Daddy unless he is taking a break from a project in the yard but he is most happy doing things with his hands and we love to see the finished products. It amazes me the vision that he has to look at something and know that with a few tweaks or a little elbow grease it could be exactly what he needs.

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