In 2003 I gave Jeannie a set of cornices for Christmas. One was to be installed over the sliding glass door, the other over the living room window. While I got the first installed pretty quickly, the larger one for the living room languished in the basement, unfinished, for a long time. I finally installed it late last night. It looks great. Special thanks to Aras for spending a lot of time helping me build what I thought would be a two hour project in his shop. It's a good thing he charged me the undocumented worker rate for his time, rather than high priced defense contractor rates he used to charge. I think I paid him roughly two hamburgers from Wendy's if memory serves me right.
You forgot to mention the sense of urgency we had to finish up the project in time for Christmas! :-)