No gloves, but I absolutely did wear goggles. And put a tarp at the sliding glass door to protect that.

When I was a kid, my dad watched This Old House quite a bit. Now I'm watching one video after another about how to do the footings for a deck. I'm kind of excited to do this, things like this are like giant grown-up lego sets to me. But I also have to make my own instructions, which is a little scary. But when I'm sipping a beer in the backyard with a pork shoulder in the smoker, I'll be a very happy man.