What I did on my vacation (part 1)

I just got back from my summer vacation.  We spent a week in Puerto Rico (more on that in another blog) and a week at home.  I always like to have a project that has nothing to do with computers, so I built a garden shed.  I didn't use a plan or kit or anything, just scribbled a design on a sheet of paper, bought some wood and went for it.  I was really pleased with how it came out.  This was my first experience of putting gutters up, and it wasn't hard at all.  What was hard was building the shed up against the house.  I had to build the frame and the back wall with it pulled out from the house, and the push it back in before putting the roof on and the whole thing got to heavy.  It's going to fun when it comes time to paint the house!  The gutter was a safety precaution because I didn't want the water from the roof pooling next to the foundation of the house.  I bought all the materials from Home Depot, and looking at my receipts it looks like I spent about $400 to build it.  That's certainly cheaper than the $1000+ shed kits that you can buy, plus I got exactly the shed that I wanted.