life skills : carpentry...

I was trying my hand at some woodwork yesterday to fix up the staircase which was damaged by termites. After buying some wood at the hardware shop ( they always smile at me when I buy stuff there...must be unusual seeing a lady buying hardware) I proceeded to saw it to the proper length and then found out that I had to make a groove in the wood to fit it properly to the step. Thinking about how the heck I was going to do this, and also lacking the proper tools., I rummaged around the steel cabinet outside where we keep a multitude of stuff and found what appeared to be a chisel ( i don't really know what one actually looks like- last time I did any woodwork was about 20 years ago- how time flies!) Then I started hammering the wood. After some time, I actually managed to get system going and produced a decent looking groove ! Today, hopefully, I'll be able to finish it. Next step- polishing the finished job with some floor treatment!