Organized, At Last!

Have you Utah-dwellers ever been to Smith and Edwards?

It is a wondrous place that stretches on for a mile, but shoppers must be careful to keep an eye on their paths, lest they get to wondering and become lost forever. They are known for their surplus, but they sell everything from kitchen-ware to camping and fishing to clothing and toys. A motto--or perhaps a warning--painted right on the side of the building reads, "We have anything you need...if we can find it!" It's a great place to spend a Saturday afternoon, and we often do.

But I'm getting a little off topic.

On one of these many excursions, Zeke--the yardmaster--showed Ben some old warehouse shelving that was going for a great price. So when our IRS savings plan kicked in this year, we took advantage. Our shelves are so great! If we could figure out how to do it, we could park all of our vehicles on top and not worry about the weight. We expect these shelves to last through the Millennium at least.

After 10 years of moving boxes from one shed to another, it is so great to finally know what we own and where it is!

 

Ben and Zeke used the remnants of our shelving, and a great big sheet of steel, to make the mother of all work benches:

They were even smart enough to recess the bottom shelf lest the bench user bang his or her shins.

At one point I caught Ben actually up and dancing on his bench, presumably to celebrate it's strength. Too bad I didn't have my camera out in time to document that!