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Whenever I finish a project that my wife has been patiently waiting a long time for me to get done, I jokingly say, "There, done! See, all you had to do was ask me." She normally rolls her eyes in response. 
I've discovered something about myself that has taken a long time to admit. When it comes to a project that I am not particularly excited to do, I develop a mental block toward it. I mean by this that I invent reasons and excuses why I don't get started. It's too hard for me, or, I don't know how to do it, or, I don't have the skills, or, there are many other tasks that are a priority, or, or,.... Well, you get the idea. 
So July has been a good month for me. 
I finished one of these long delayed projects, repairing a door frame and the flooring beneath it, leading into my office. Yes, for the past five years, since the day we first moved into our current home I have been stepping over this eye-sore, rationalising why I couldn't fix it. It turned out not to be that hard once I got started.
And I finally got back to repair an error I made when making my Rocking

Chair. This was much more challenging, and still isn't finished. But I have made significant progress. A few more hours work and I'll be there.
Finally, I also designed and entered a small wooden box into the LumberJocks Summer '07 Challenge. The category I entered was the joinery section. The peculiar rules of this category required that any entry had to feature 'glueless' joinery without the aid of mechanical fasteners. In other words, the project had to hold together on the design and construction of its joints. You can read more about this challenge here.  It placed third in the joinery section of the competition.