And I Quote...

New Years Eve Day - I got home from work around 3, we didn't have to be out to Norma & Steves house until 6:30, so in my mind that gave me 3 hours to work on (and hopefully finish) the fish. Kevin had other plans though, that involved leaving right away.

So I asked him flat out, "Well this means I won't be able to finish the fish! Does this mean you are going to throw everything out?"

And he said, and I quote, "We'll see, but you have been working two jobs"

"And going to school" I said.

"And going to school" he said, "so I may be able to give you some leway of a week or so, but we'll see."

With the crisis averted we went to the NYE party.

The next day, Kevin was on the couch and I was working dilligently on the fish on the floor and I asked him, "Honestly, did you think I would get this far?"

And he said, and I quote, "HA! No way!"

At this point I think we both knew that it WOULD get finished and not thrown in the dumpster.

I thought I would have it finished this weekend having a long one and all, but with the NYE and NYD festivities and activities, and having to work all Saturday I didn't get it finished, but it's darn close!!! Why don't you just see for yourself :-)

Work done as of Deadline+1 Day (January 1st, 2010):

The body is complete! No more Twisted Tea caps needed for this fish!

Work done as of Deadline+3 Days (January 3rd, 2010):
I started on the face. I went with the silver Coors caps to match the line that goes through the body of the fish. However with my first two caps of silver attached I realized the mountains were not going the same direction as th the line across the body. Oh well.
Edges are difficult to hammer through, so are knots, so when you have knots on the edges it makes things extreamly difficult to hammer through! For example, on the first line of the face I managed to get only 7 caps attached in an hour and a half! It was very frustrating and I ended up with 7 caps on the fish, lots of little sections of wood that splintered off, and more than 7 bent nails! Once I got through that first row however things went a little smoother. Here's the fish face so far: