Project Teenage Daughter Day 1

I have begun finishing a room for Anna in the basement. I figure that she will want to move to the basement by the time she becomes a teenager, which is just a shade over a decade away. Since my previous carpentry experience consists entirely of assembling furniture purchased at Target, I figure I have just enough time to get this project completed by Anna's thirteenth birthday. Today I learned that I am incapable of cutting wood either to its proper length or in a straight line. I also learned that I am very bad at "toenailing." (I am also not so great at plain old nailing either.) Luckily, I have Dad to help me. Just 60 years ago he helped my grandfather build the house that I grew up in. Dad is full of very useful advice such as "you should try hitting the nail with the hammer." Here is the extent of today's accomplishments:




Only 3770 days to go (give or take.)