I must have dropped the screws a dozen times, but Heidi, bless her heart, picked them up every time and handed them back to me as I stood on the ladder.
We were helping our friend who was injured in an accident by installing new shades on her windows, and I was resistant to drilling pilot holes since it meant switching back and forth between the bit and the driver. Eventually, though, I had to reassess my strategy, since I was working on a ladder and over my head, and it was impossible to hold the bracket, the screw, and the drill without having it rain screws all day.
But then, once I had both brackets tightly fastened in place, I realized that by using the rear screw holes, I had blocked the lip of the bracket, so the blinds could not be snapped into place. So I had to remove all four of those damn screws and drill two more pilot holes before refastening the brackets and locking the blind in place. All of this as our friend and four dogs watched the show from the couch across the room.
Fortunately, I was able to keep my cussing to a minimum and maintain my good humor. "That was the learning curve!" I laughed as I moved the ladder over to the next window. "This one will go much faster."
And it did.
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