Power Tools(!)... Shower In

Last weekend I did a little more framing; not enough to justify renting the nail gun, but enough for me to appreciate how much difference the nail gun makes, both in the speed and quality of the work. During a break, Spouse and I discussed the economics of purchasing a nail gun. After tossing numbers around for a while, we realized that if I rented the nail gun for four weekends it would be cheaper to buy it. Now, it is not at all certain that I WOULD rent it for four 2-day weekends: if I could prepare the entire basement and frame it at once, it might go faster than that... or it might not, and I really don't want to do that. Besides the pure dollars and cents, there is a major convenience factor to having the tools readily available.
So the next day (Monday, July 12) the plumber calls to tell me he actually needs more of the wall behind the washer hook-up done. I had thought of this previously, but forgot about it over the weekend. So, having decided to buy the framing gun, and needing to do some framing that night, I took the plunge. But of course nothing is that simple. The big box store where I went (it was, after all 6:15 pm when I started shopping; who else was open?) had several manufacturers combo deals that included a compressor and a nailing gun. The combination I ended up getting included a smaller, but still adequate compressor and two (count 'em, two) nail guns: a finish nailer and a brad gun (poor Brad). And separately I bought the framing gun. So I ended the evening with three nail guns. As one friend said, "Boys and there Toys." But I reminded him that now my toys need pneumatic assist....
Oh yeah, and the plumber has been busy. The shower is in (though he had to apply some force and a chisel to the framing I had done. Part of the wall had crept 1/2 inch in when I wasn't looking.), and he will finish roughing in the copper today.
And finally, the electrician upgraded the electric service from 100 to 200 amps yesterday.