Day 951

We didn't get up until 9.  We were awake, just didn't feel like getting out of bed.  Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast I did a few little things, brought in the dry clothes and put the dog cover back in the car after cleaning the back seat (we took it out on Sat when it got wet).

Then I decided to take apart the 20 ga reloads that Dan gave us.  The job sucks.  It took me two hours to do 75 shells, and that isn't half of them.  The crimps are terrible, which makes them hard to open.  Occasionally pulling out the wad results in powder all over.  I quit for lunch at 1.

After lunch I decided I needed to do something else.  So I talked to Dave about putting gun racks at the new shooting station.  He said someone else had said they'd do it.  I went out to look at it.  While there I saw that it needs a platform for the hull basket.  I went back to Dave and talked to him.  We agreed on a design for the platform and one for the gun rack.

Most of the platform could be made from scrap, but I needed a 2x4, some brackets, and screws.  So I went to Lowe's.  When I got back it was time to walk before dinner.  Ellen fixed pork chops and potatoes.

After dinner I measured the platform one last time and then started building it.  I worked until 8:30.  I got the platform pieces cut and assembled.  I also got some of the rail pieces cut.  I stopped at that point because the sun was going down and the mosquitoes were coming out.

The rest of the evening was surfing.  Ellen is watching chick flicks.  I think she's up to at least 2 a day.