Hard Labor

We didn't have any plans and the weather was perfect, so being fresh out of excuses I succumbed to Jennifer's wishes and we spent the weekend building a shed. I actually started on the shed flooring in January, but somehow it did not progress until now.
So on Saturday we prepped the ground - digging a ditch that's going to drain rainwater underneath the shed. We then laid the floor framing and attached the plywood floor panel which fitted like a glove, I'm proud to say. All this does not sound like a lot of work, but it took us most of the day and I felt like an old man - aching back and all sorts of sore muscles.
On Sunday we proceeded with the walls which went up fairly quickly. Putting up the gables was a bit precarious, but once we had the roof braces in, the structure became quite solid. The roof panels were more complicated, but we managed with me on the step ladder doing the tall work.
The most difficult part was screwing in the cover that runs along the top gable. The shed is so close to the house that I barely fit and I had to get on some paving stones, a ladder and a piece of a 4x6 to be able to reach those damn screws. I got to be in this precarious position for quite some time since it took a while for the screws to fit into the holes and for Jennifer to attach the bolts.
We succeeded in the end, and the shed is mostly finished and seems to be withstanding the increasingly windy weather - I checked over lunch and added some more screws. We still have to add the doors and finish all the screws, but that should be a piece of cake.
So while I'm still sore, I'm pretty happy how the shed worked out. I also got to use my pneumatic screw driver which is way cool and much, much faster than an electric one.