Ricky's Deck

Ricky's most recent obsession is his new deck. He's not only building a deck, he's also knocking out all the concrete underneath it to build a nicer mini-back yard. He's doing the same to the bricks in our mini-front yard.
So unlike most people who would hire a contractor to design the deck, buy the materials, make sure everything is under budget, etc. Ricky buys a few deck books and starts reading and "designing his own" deck. He bought graph paper and drew out the diagram complete with calculations of the best distances and thicknesses of the wood to create this super mega-deck that he has in mind. That alone took him three weeks or so to do.

Then he went and picked out all the lumber himself, bought all the concrete himself, ordered all the bricks and sand, and whatnot. See this is what people pay for, to not have to deal with this crap. But Ricky, no..he loves it. I wants to deal with this crap. And it's fine, since his is truly anal and his motto is, like my old favorite X-files character, Fox Mulder... "TRUST NO ONE".

Oh and after over a month of sunny days and clear skies when he wwas holed up "designing", one week after he actually started building the deck the sky broke and the rain came pouring down. *sigh* so... now we had to wait a week before he can start work again...*sigh* I hope they finish soon!

Oh well.. I say, just leave me out of it, and we'll do fine! :) So while they're out there hammering and drilling away, I get a good excuse to hang out at home and get some work done!!! The only consultation I am needed for is colors and designs, which is just fine to me.