Renovation Realities

My name is Bill Roper. My wife, Gretchen, and I are going to replace the mailbox that a snowplow ran into this winter. We've been holding it together with a bungee cord and epoxy for several months now, but the ground is finally thawed, so it shouldn't be too hard to dig out the old mailbox and replace it with a new one. I figure I can probably handle this after work on Friday.

The Roper Project:

Goal: Replace the mailbox
Budget: $200 or so
Time: A couple of hours
( And then reality hit... )