I started off this morning by meeting my new buddies David and Jordan who work as installers for High Definition Golf at their hotel in Vienna. These two drove (yes, I said drove) down from Toronto, Canada to make all this talk of my golf simulator a reality, and once we hit the Green House we were off and running. We unpacked the crates that were roughly the size and shape of one of those little Smart Cars and started assembling the massive 500 pound metal framework that the simulator is built around. About halfway through, David looks up at me and says casually, "It's not going to fit".
Um, WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Nope, it all came back to that PESKY SEWAGE PIPE that I wrote about on June 1, and the fact that somehow, even with my detailed drawings, DVD video of me MEASURING the room on camera so there would be no question about the pipe up at HD Golf headquarters, and a million phone calls back and forth from my office to Canada, the simulator frame was 4" too wide. ARRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!
So Mr. Negative (I mean David. He was really getting on my nerves by this time) tells me that they might as well pack it back up because there was no sense in installing it. Because by bringing it IN FRONT OF the bulkhead, it pushed it too far into the room so the projector which had to be a certain distance away from the screen wouldn't be able to project properly. And don't ask...we couldn't move the projector because there was ANOTHER bulkhead behind it on the opposite end of the room.
So I very calmly told him (if screaming at the top of your lungs is calm) that it WAS GOING TO FIT!!!! And I did what any self-respecting gal would do: I sent those boys off to lunch and I announced to the house that we needed a Saws All asap.
For those of you who are not familiar with power tools, a Saws All is a handy little bugger that has a blade similar to the bite of a Great White Shark that will basically saw through ANYTHING. You could probably chop up a CAR with one of these things. Or a shark. But I digress. Before you knew it there were CHUNKS of my beautiful Bordeaux colored drywall FLYING all over the room, along with shrapnel from the two by fours that framed out this pesky bulkhead. Yep, we created a huge jagged hole that exposed that sewage pipe, and proceeded to move it over. With a HAMMER.
Yes, no rain, snow, sleet, hail or the threat of 30 pounds of sewage pouring down on my head was going to stop us from getting that pipe out of the way. In retrospect, a hammer was probably NOT the brightest thing to use, but desperate times call for even more desperate measures. And what do you know? It MOVED. And with super-human adrenaline fueled strength we were able to push that metal frame nice and tight along the back wall. Where it should have been all along.
The rest of the day was awesome, but nowhere near as PRECIOUS as the look on those boys' faces when they returned. Nothing like a little Humble Pie to make the world right again, huh? "Not going to fit...." Yeah, RIGHT!
There's a lesson learned here guys: never underestimate the power of a woman with an arsenal of power tools!
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The Green House excitement is going crazy...we even had a surprise visit today from Jody Wagner who is running for Lt. Governor in the great state of VA. She and the ever adorable Mark Lowham of West Group were touring the house before their lunch appointment, and it was fun to meet her. She was lovely and really liked the work we were doing in the Green House which makes her okay in my book (even if she was a teensy bit disappointed that I wasn't able to vote for her because I live in MD). Here's a shot of the gang and Jody in front of my Bordeaux walls...
From left, David (not Mr. Negative anymore) me (terrible picture, thanks Mark Turner), Jody, and Jordan.
Tomorrow, another crazy day I'm sure. We're installing the carpets (yes plural...more on that tomorrow) and getting the simulator locked and LOADED baby! Yay! I'm so excited!
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xoxoxo,
Lynni (Power Tool Queen)
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