A few years ago when the husband got me the DSLR that I've been wanting for Christmas, I was really into photography. I looked up (and bought) a bunch of lenses, read several books, I even started to take a class (but dropped it because the teacher was just too into herself and I wound up trying to explain to my classmates what ISO, shutter speed and aperture meant and how they were related because the teacher was too busy bragging about all of her jobs. I remember during one class she was explaining a picture she had taken in which she photoshopped a picture of the Virgin Mary onto it. She said the Virgin Mary came to her and told her to put her in the picture. I busted out laughing. Unfortunately I was the only one and the teacher shot me the evil eye.).
Anyway, when we bought our house back in October 2008, we had tile put in the kitchen. However, I had them stop up to a certain point because I wanted to extend the laminate floors in the family room. Basically I wanted a smaller eat-in area in the kitchen and a larger family room. The guy who did our tiles said he'd do the laminate for $500. Unfortunately we were poor after spending all that money on the tile, and doors, and crown molding and I can't even remember what else.
Well, we had been living with a 4'x15' concrete area in between the kitchen and family room for the past 7 months. But no longer! I found the matching laminate at Lowes and just finished putting the transition trim on last night! (All that's left to do is attaching and painting the baseboards and quarter-rounds now.) I was so proud of myself. The husband helped install the laminate, but I did all the rips. (haha, don't I sound so professional? I was reading a tool forum this morning and all the guys were saying "rips" instead of "cuts." Okay, I'm not even sure the two are synonymous. For all I know rips could mean something else entirely.)
But now I've got that itch. We bought a miter saw to cut the boards. It was super scary at first. But now I want more power tools! I want a table saw, a router, some chisels, and I'm sure a hundred other things I haven't researched yet. I was fantasizing this morning about me building a workshop barn that you see at Lowes that my son has been always asking for. Instead of shelling out the 3K it would cost, it would only cost us the cost of the lumber since I'd be able to do everything myself!!! And then I imagined it crooked and collapsing on top of the boy. Okay, baby steps, maybe I'll start with my own sturdy work bench. We actually bought a cheap one, but after putting it together, and putting my saw that didn't fit on it, I realized how tiny it was.
Okay, now how to break the news to the husband that I want a table saw...
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