Tuesday, April 22, 2008

He Really Can Do Anything


I have known for a while that I married a man who could do anything. At first it was difficult because it seemed he did everything better than I did...and of course being someone who is rather full of herself, it is a blow to the ego to be married to someone who can cook better than you and do most anything better. In the 5.5 years that we have been together I have managed to find a few things that I can do better than Dave, but there aren't many.

Sometimes he will mention something he wants to do and I will snicker...really? And then of course he blows me away with his efforts. For the last several months he has been talking about making things...as in don't buy a swing set, I am going to make one for the girls...don't buy a mini table and chairs I am going to make one for the girls...don't buy HC a big girl's bed I am going to make one for her. Well, Sunday Dave made HC a big girl's bed. It is true, I am married to MacGyver. He bought the stuff on Saturday, put the majority of it together on Sunday, put on decorative pieces last night and is finishing it off with some more decoration and white paint as I type. I'll post the finished project later, but thought you might get a kick out the work in progress.

As a side-note I asked him if he wanted to build me a china cabinet...he kindly declined, but said he has a dental buddy who would make me one if I wanted. That might be more than I want to spend, but we will see.

2 comments:

Allison said...

Wow! I can't wait to see the finished product. And I'm curious, did he have a pattern to follow or did he just make it up? Get ready to laugh...I actually have been wanting to make a bed for John David myself. And some cornis (sp?)boards. And a headboard for our guestbed. Here's the laughing point - I actually believe I can do these things! My dad and I built some bookshelves together from scratch when I was in college and ever since then I've secretly believed I could build most anything with wood. And now it's not a secret!

Sarah said...

Pretty impressive! He says he will do something... and he does it! Wow.