{"id":1045,"date":"2017-04-10T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2017-04-10T13:16:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T17:16:51","slug":"spring-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/spring-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am working in the outdoor workshop, aka my backyard, today.<br \/>\nThe terrible winter seems to finally be defeated.<br \/>\nOver 70F and I am working in shorts.<br \/>\nJust a couple of days ago, it was snowing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Jenny wants new doors on the upstairs bedrooms.<br \/>\nNot just any door, but fancy louvred doors, so that we get better air movement up there.<br \/>\nIt is, after all, a Cape. The bedrooms are, basically, finished rooms in the attic.<br \/>\nWe just had a new roof put on, because we discovered that the mold that the previous owners treated for came back with a vengeance.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve all been sleeping in the living room for about the past month.<br \/>\nSo, now that the roof and mold are resolved, it is time for doors.<\/p>\n<p>And, because Cape, the doors are not a standard size and I need to cut them down to size.<br \/>\nTo do this, I am finally making those guide thingies for the circular saw.<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n-1XKctLrAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And, in order to actually be able to do this in any kind of efficient way, I need a set of sawhorses.<br \/>\nI left my old set at the old house. They were just cheap 2&#215;4 construction, as are <a href=\"http:\/\/jayscustomcreations.com\/2013\/04\/saw-horses\/\" target=\"_blank\">these new ones<\/a>, but these are way better.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1046\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/spring-is-here\/2017-04-10-12-40-30\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1046\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1046\" data-attachment-id=\"1046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/spring-is-here\/2017-04-10-12-40-30\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-10-12.40.30-e1491844521454.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1491828030&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00041597337770383&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Sawhorses\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;New Sawhorses&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;New Sawhorses&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-10-12.40.30-e1491844521454.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-10-12.40.30-e1491844521454-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Sawhorses\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-10-12.40.30-e1491844521454.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-10-12.40.30-e1491844521454.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-10-12.40.30-e1491844521454.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthannan.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-10-12.40.30-e1491844521454.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Sawhorses<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>In all, it is a Jay Bates kind of day around here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working in the outdoor workshop, aka my backyard, today. The terrible winter seems to finally be defeated. Over 70F and I am working in shorts. Just a couple of days ago, it was snowing. Anyway, Jenny wants new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/spring-is-here\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[308,309,310,98,307,311],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-woodworking","tag-circular-saw","tag-doors","tag-jaybates","tag-jenny","tag-sawhorses","tag-spring"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NxlE-gR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2733,"url":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/houses-are-teh-sucks\/","url_meta":{"origin":1045,"position":0},"title":"HOuses are teh Sucks!","author":"matthannan","date":"19 July 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The more I learn about houses, the more I am convinced we live in nothing but mud huts.Hell, wattle and daub would be an improvement over what we are currently using in many cases. 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