Barn Raising

My family thought I was a little nuts when I said we were having a barn raising.  They I guess couldn't see the comparison and could only think of the Amish in raising a barn.  However the building we are putting up is a little like a barn.  We had lots of help on Saturday and they didn't get very far.  I think the Amish probably had a better plan for raising a barn.  Of course, reading directions and following those directions would have been my first choice, but I am not a man and they seem to think reading the directions is for the weak.  In this case, it asked them to brace every other one and it probably would have been the smart move. When was the last time you remember a man reading the directions to do anything!!