She Shed Doings

 We went on an adventure, in search of a She Shed. We had looked at a lot of them and were suffering from sticker shock. Lumber has gone up considerably and the prices of the woodsheds reflected it. I suggested we try a place that had a large inventory and hope to find a repo in good shape.

You may recall that I had requested a considerable size of at least 10 X 10', windows being a necessity for me. Nothing fancy, just wanted to make it into a decent sewing room for me to play in. We found the place I had been looking for in Murphy. The man came out of the office to greet us. He looked at our car tags that still indicate we live in Missouri and said we had come a long way just to see him. His little white Maltese barked at us from the window.

I told him what we wanted, and he showed me one and said they could order anything I liked, but it would take 2 weeks to get it. I vetoed that idea, as I need it right away. We looked at the one and only 10 X 12. It had windows and some storage shelves built in. It was light blue, trimmed in white. Color was not so important, I can paint.

The nice gentleman mentioned that the most popular size is 10 X 16 and suddenly HeWho was eager to see one, then another. Then the talk of roof structure came into play and before I knew it, I was the proud new owner of a white 10 X 16 with a gable roof and overhead storage. This was yesterday and it will be here tomorrow. Yay for me.

Here is my spot. Look closely and you can see our RV down there. I started making my path towards the designated area for my steps down to the level my home is on. Raking years of leaves, I uncovered some scrap skirting under it all. I will drag it all out of there! Might even make use of it. The slope the shed will sit on is 27" in 10'. The backside will rest on the ground and the front will be elevated 27" up. All the debris and broken limbs will be gathered up and burned. 

So, there I was clipping limbs and raking leaves. HeWho decides to bring the cinder blocks to the site on Kevin, the golf cart. The brake did not hold it, as you can see. It rolled into that sizable tree and still sits there .......

Not alone. You see my car? Yeah, it is stuck, too. I abandoned this scene to come in and let the dogs out, while HeWho is waiting for AAA to come pull both vehicles out.

I keep finding excuses not to go back out there! It is calling to me, though. Yesterday, I took my clippers up there and cut the underbrush out of my way and got the path through the woods started. I stood and stared at all the leaves and crap I was going to tackle, and I was not inspired. I have been walking around the yard trying to envision gardens and have been coming up blank. I decided to just wait until the carport is in place. 

This morning I headed back to my spot and raked and raked. I clipped all the branches until I could walk under the trees without anything touching my head. After a couple of hours, I stopped to rest, leaning on the rake and suddenly I saw my gardens! I know what I will be planting along the path and in the trees. I can't wait to get started!