February 10, 2022 - Rain, Rain, Rain - then Chair Upgrade

Tuesday it was cold (for here) with a high in the 50s and it rained all day and into the night. I had a cupholder project to work on but there was no place outside where I could do it without getting cold and wet. Wednesday it was still in the 50s but the sun was shining. After morning coffee David and I began the project. 

We bought two lightweight folding lawn chairs from Harbor Freight last year. They are great chairs and are often on sale for only $19.95. The chairs have a folding side table on them. Here is a picture of one.

While the side table is quite useful, it proves to be too unstable to faithfully hold a drink. Just a little movement in the chair topples your drink. Similar chairs, which are much more expensive, have cupholders built into the side table. I decided to install cupholders in our chairs. I found six cupholders on Amazon for only $10.00 and purchased them. Since I have six cupholders we will upgrade David's chairs as well. 

While awaiting the arrival of the cupholders David and I went to Harbor Freight and bought a cheap hole cutter for $7.49. Here is a picture of the hole cutter and a couple of the cup holders. I was impressed with their design and quality.

We cut holes in the side tables for the cupholders with the circle cutter. It was a real pain to get the circle cutter just right because each cutter was movable. We were much better at cutting circles on the last two chairs than we were on the first two. Patience and practice improved the quality of the cutouts. We then glued a cupholder to each tabletop with E6000 glue, which I had purchased earlier for another project.  Here is a picture of the finished project. We were happy with the results.

In the afternoon the sun was shining bright. While it was still chilly it was not too cold for a little gathering in the sun on George's lot. Everyone was glad to get out after about 30 hours of rain. I took my chair to the gathering and put the cupholder to use to hold my adult beverage. Here are a couple of pictures of the group.

By 5:30 p.m. the sun went behind the trees and everyone scampered back to their rigs for supper and an evening inside.

Today it is sunny and it is forecast to make it to 68 degrees. A group of us are heading to the American Legion Hall to once again get a nice lunch, listen to live music, and sit overlooking the water for a couple of hours. Always a great time with great people.