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Request Delivered

I got the extra package of horseshoes from Michael when he cut my hair this afternoon.

I brought them home and my husband and I got busy, trying to finish the project.

This picture gives you the best idea of what we did. The difference is that our tree is larger, having 5 horseshoes across the bottom of the tree, instead of the 4 you see here. We also put a straight piece on top of the top horseshoe so that Michael could put a star ornament on the top.

We took it right to him when we finished. I didn’t even get to take a picture of it with my phone!

The look on Michael’s face when we brought it into his shop was a joy for us. He really seemed pleased with the finished product. He’s such a nice person and takes such good care of both of us, it felt good to be able to give him a small ‘thank you.’

I wish we could take credit for the design. We found a number of clever ideas on the net. There are a lot of creative people out there!

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Feeling Stupid

Michael, the wonderful man who cuts our hair, asked us if we could help him make a horseshoe tree. We, of course, said, “Sure!”

 

horseshoetree

He sent us a text with a picture showing the tree he wanted us to make. We got the horseshoes from him today when we went in for my husband’s haircut.

For some reason, even though the picture was on my phone, we were unable to get it off the phone onto the computer so we could print one large enough to see the details. I went on the net and found a picture and printed it. (above)

We came home and got to work. The horseshoes didn’t fit as well as we would like, so we modified some of them to emulate the picture as much as possible. We got most of the tree welded together, noticing we were 3 horseshoes short. We got the tree made, but only had one horseshoe of the 4 needed for the base.

When I got on my phone to text Michael, I saw the pic he sent again. It was this one –

tree2

Gulp. We were short because we made the wrong one. :0(

Michael was really nice, saying he’ll have the extra group of horseshoes at the salon when I go for MY haircut tomorrow.

My husband is embarrassed because he couldn’t get the pic off my phone. I’M embarrassed because I didn’t pay enough attention to detail. It’s a really good thing Michael is understanding.

Hopefully, we can finish the tree tomorrow and take it to him at work this week.

With friends like us….

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