Remember that emotional breakdown I predicted earlier?
It didn't take long for it to make an appearance.
Like when I decided to make my day better by finishing the pergola I've been (slowly) putting together for like, forever.
It was super awesome, and when we finished, we took a proud step back to admire,
and Aaron said, "Uhhh....is it slanted? It looks slanted."
Huh?
Yes. It IS slanted.
There is a 6 inch SLOPE in my beams.
How did this happen?!
I didn't measure correctly, that's how. The beams hang differently on the hardware at opposite ends of the pergola. So when I used the same measurement for both ends, I ended up with one end 6 inches higher than the other, and the whole thing slopes. How did I over look something so obvious in my planning?
I cried.
And when I think about how I have to take it apart, cut 6 inches off the posts, and put everything back up, it makes me cry more.
I'm just. so. over. unfinished house projects, right now.
I told Aaron to hire an Amigo to help him fix the pergola problem, because I can't look at it anymore. He wasn't on board.
When (if) I ever DO finish this stupid pergola, you can bet I will have NO problem dropping $50 on some pretty outdoor string lights to hang from it. Because I am going to host one big, fat, celebration of a BBQ.
Goodbye Butterflies
12 years ago
1 comment:
as you should - I do something extravagant like that with all my crazy projects that take a serious turn for the worse. Although mine are usually a little less forgiving - like cutting out the back for a quilt 3 in too short on one corner out of the last 3 yds of the perfect flannel left on earth. There's no recutting beams for that mistake....
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