Construction Daily: July 2008

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Annual Builders Exchange picnic

July 19th, the annual Builders Exchange picnic. We have a great raffle with dozens of great prizes. Local companies donate gift certificates or items. One of the gifts was an obviously underpowered drill. The guys sitting next to us, leans over to my boyfriend (who has nothing to do with construction except for knowing me) and says, "ha ha a girls drill". Boyfriend just shrugs and looks over at me.
I'd love to set that guy straight, but once again I just smile and groan.

How it started

I hereby solemnly swear to change the names to protect the innocent, to display the names of the guilty, and to never let the whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth get in the way of a good story. Every time my friend Rick asks me how's business going, I tell a funny, scary, horrible, humorous, incredible or interesting story. When I'm finished he always says the same thing, "You should write a book". I'm never going to take the time and effort to write a book, so this Blog seems like an easy Cheater Method for writing down my stories. Hopefully you will find them entertaining too. Some background... I am a licensed general contractor (residential builder) and strangely enough - I am a woman. The construction business looks a little different viewed through my eyes as you will see. I will tell you stories of clients, competition, employees, building officials, and construction sites, the good, the bad, and the funny.Enjoy!