THE GOOD
The pea gravel man dumped his load in our backyard rather than in our driveway. Hooray for fewer wheelbarrow loads!
Play structure construction has officially begun.
Lumber boxes make excellent play things.THE BAD
In spite of judicious use of sunscreen, Garry has a ridiculous new tan line.THE UGLY
These are large barrel t-nuts. They are currently the bane of Garry's existence.
The playset instruction manual has many errors and faulty diagrams.None of the wood components or hardware are labeled according to size or purpose.
Some of the wood is warped and ill-sized.
Garry had to reconfigure the fort portion of the play structure three times on Saturday in order to make everything work.
Arrrrrgggggh!
In spite of these misfortunes, Garry has such a pleasant, calm demeanor and never-give-up work ethic! A hot-head like me would have exploded after ten minutes or made the whole experience miserable. Garry is so determined and he is doing a fabulous job! Hopefully the boys will appreciate his efforts.
6 comments:
Can't wait to see the finished project. Your whole back yard looks great.
I could start every comment with how jealous I am over your new big yard with room for a play structure...but I wont. :)
Instead, I will say that I, too, would have exploded in a fit of rage over the poor quality, instructions, etc, and I admire Garry for his patience. I know how much of a difference it makes to have one calm parent holding down the emotional fort (in our house, it's almost always David).
Wow, the yard looks great already! We can't wait to see it in person. Hopefully we'll be able to help a lot. See you tomorrow maybe if all goes well.
Maybe there's something to be said for not having a yard or play structure. ha ha.
The look on Gary's face in that picture is PRICELESS! I recognize that look from countless times Adam has also been annoyed with faulty instructions or lame parts. Glad it all got done in the end!
Me I would have labeled it expensive firewood and been done with it.... Or put in the time and muttered under my breath so my wife can't hear them curses sufficient to get through the task. WAY TO GO Gary! Keep it up fella, make the rest of us lazy bums look bad. Turkey! ;-)
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