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Framing 101 and our First Massive Erection

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I thought I’d give all our friends, family and esteemed followers an update on our first massive erection. Our concrete is poured it’s time to buy some tool belts and learn to frame!   So, we took a week off work and headed over the mountains to start assembling walls on our two story garage with apartment ontop project. Fueled by excitement and the necessity to get to the lumberyard before they closed Brandon drove feverishly around the bends and curves of the mountains passes. Annabelle happily played and chirped around in the back of the van… until she started making some funky bodily noises and frantically pointed at her mouth. Like a seasoned parent I sprung into action and grabbed the first vessel I could find… my coffee mug.. filled with a few inches of coffee in the bottom. I expertly caught a rainbow of vomit spewing from her little mouth.  I caught almost everything, only spilling a little bit on a blanket. The Stanley cup, was nearly full to the brim with victor...