Headers attached to posts

My goal while the kids were away was to get the headers attached to the posts with carriage bolts and start hanging some joists.  I completed attaching the posts to the headers tonight.  This proved to be a little trickier as the 2x12s were not consistent heights but instead ranged from 11" to 11.5 inches, sometimes on the same board.  I had to tweak one header or the other to ensure that the joists would make contact with both headers.  Drilling the holes with an auger bit worked well, but as I kept the hole the same diameter as the bolt to keep everything tight, I had to hammer the bolts through the 6" of wood.  This took up more time than I expected.  With 6 bolts to go, I thought of a trick my dad taught me to put some soap on a screw to make it slide through easier.  One bottle of soft soap later and the last bolts went in much easier.  I hung one joist, but found that the task will be much easier with my son helping out, so I deferred an hours work until tomorrow.  This gave me some time to whip the house back into shape.  :-)