Labor Free Day!

Okay, so the 1st post is ironically on Labor Day when I have been told by the boss--my dad--we will not be working. If you think I'm complaining you are poorly mistaken.
On this wonderful holiday, my awesome boss, although not paying me in cash today, did bestow on me some new tools for my orange toolbox:

1. An awl. Pronounced -something you'd say if you were looking at something really cute or sad "Awww!". So I really enjoy saying it. Hopefully, I'll also enjoy using it. Anyway, an "Awww!", for my purposes, is used for making holes in wood or other things in order to more easily put a hole, screw, nail, etc. into it. I used an Awww! the first time a couple weeks ago when beginning to screw a hole into part of an air conditioner so the water would drain. So now I have my own  Awww! Pictures to follow.
2. My next brand new tool is a wire brush, which I was told not to rub on my hands because it would probably cut them up and hurt pretty bad. The brush, which looks nothing like any hair brush I own, though I'd love to see someone try to run it through their hair, is made up of steel wire bristles. From what I understand, it's used to brush crap away from wires to help the conductivity. I'm thinking maybe the crap on my car battery, too? That tool wasn't as much fun as my Awww!
3. Next, we have the wire stripper. This baby is cool--I like using this. It kind of looks like a pair of little pliers to me. It's used to strip a wire-duh. Place the wire stripper on an electrical wire, clamp down, and pull away toward the end. The rubbery covering of the wire-insulation, for technical purposes-will be stripped away. SHAZAM--wire stripper.
4. The fourth tool I received is appropriately placed here since it's a 4 piece chisel set. I have been informed by bossman dad that these chisels are not to be used on concrete-important to note, since tomorrow I will be chiseling up the concrete in the garage. The chisels for concrete are made up of something stronger, such as stone. My chisels, however, will be used mainly for wood. Not much else to say about these, except they just look like over-sized flathead screwdrivers.
5. The electrical outlet tester is not so much fun to me. I'm NOT too proud to admit that working with electricity makes me a little uneasy, since I haven't worked with it enough to master it. Anyway, this seems to go into the outlet to check if the electricity is grounded, neutral, open, etc. Though I don't really know what any of that means yet. It has a guide on it with lots of rows of three circles that are either yellow, red or not filled in-This kind of reminds me of that game Mastermind, where you have to guess the code of the different color pegs. 
But like I said--to me, electricity is no game. 

6. Finally, we have the most important tool in my toolbox--GLOVES! Although I am probably handier than your average girl and maybe a bit more 'dude-ish' too, I still don't like calluses on my hands-which are still surprisingly soft, thank you very much. I also don't like touching gross things, like nasty centipedes when I'm doing landscaping jobs. (Though I'll never admit that one to my boss-dad, since it's my sister who he considers too girly.) And I certainly don't want to cut my fingers on anything. So, like any good construction/carpentry/landscaping gal, I loves my gloves.

That's all folks. Those are my 6 new tools and Labor Day gifts. Happy Labor Day to all the hardworking and the not so hardworking people out there. Enjoy it. :-)

HanDeeChic