🛠A Day In The Life Of A Guy Who Loves To Build Sh*#

It’s Monday and I am up at 5:30, the birds are just coming to life as I try to get dressed and shove a myriad of tools into my many pockets without dropping anything on the tiled floor in the bathroom. Everybody else in the family is spoiled, they all sleep till 6:30 or 7:30 depending on when virtual school starts for my teenage daughters and when Stephanie’s first conference call is scheduled.

I need to get my coffee made, fumble with a couple of social media notifications, and get the truck loaded for a day of installing trim work. Luckily I loaded the truck last night so this morning I have just a small list of things I don’t want to forget, like glue, snacks, and my favorite spring-loaded nail setter. What is a nail setter?

Sometimes called a nail set, but most often referred to as a punch, this tool allows you to sink a nail below the surface of the wood. I love this particular little spring loaded thingamabob. You can get them from your local Benjamin Moore Paint retailer and they really are convenient. They fit in your pocket and you don’t need a hammer with you constantly if you’re shooting finish nails with a gun.

I am on the job site by 7 to go over a few details with the home owner. This week I am working on a large addition to an old farmhouse in South New Jersey. Today I’ll be adding bead board wainscoting and a set of custom cubbies to the mud room.

I finish up at about 4 and head home to see how all of my girls are doing. When I walk in the door my two teenagers, Vivian and Olivia are sitting in a messy living room glued to their phone screens, no surprises there. They are immediately irritated when I ask them to straighten up the living room and kitchen. It is my belief that, much like that old tree in a forest axiom, if a child does a chore and you don’t hear any whining, the chore probably didn’t get done.

My wife, Stephanie is in the middle of running a zoom meeting with her team of executives and doesn’t want to be disturbed of even looked at. I try to stare at her longingly with my bottom lip fully extended, which is the universal sign for, “Please give me attention”, but it doesn’t work. From 8 to 6 or 7 every day she is a high level executive that does not want to be bothered, no matter how cute and funny I think I am.

I get a quick shower and sit down to be America’s Funniest Handyman for a few hours! I have approximately 3 to 5 hours on any given night to either A) film or edit my next DIY Video, B) Work on my next Blog Post, or C) Add funny stuff to either A or B. I do all of this while running the girls to practices and sharing domestic responsibilities with my lovely and very driven wife.

I fall asleep at about 11 and do the whole thing again the next day, but why?…

Because I love to build things and I love to pass that knowledge and experience on to you lovely people as best as I can, but why?

Because you give a

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America’s Funniest Handyman, come for the knowledge, stay for the laughs.