And by that I mean I built a little desk while the kids were in the next room watching Up. (I even managed to not drill into the table this time.)
Eddie said he wanted a laptop desk to take into the office and I found these plans on Ana-white.com. It looked super easy to build, plus it’s on hidden wheels. What’s not to love?
It cost less than $30 for the lumber, casters, and some wood filler. Not bad when you consider that CB2’s version is $180. I had the guys at Lowes cut the wood for me, but I wound up having to re-cut some of the trim pieces, so I figured out how to use our jigsaw, which was surprisingly easy. I think I have a new favorite toy. It took me about an hour and a half, counting numerous mommy stops, a phone call, and the mystery about why the trim wouldn’t fit. (I bought the wrong size board. duh. oops.)
Seriously, if you own a few tools (I built my first 3 projects using only a drill) you can build anything in the beginners section of Ana’s website. It honestly is easier than using a glue gun. I do really dumb things like buy the wrong wood and drill into my dining room table, and I’ve still managed to build this desk, a kid-sized table and chairs, and an airplane shelf from her site. You should really give it a try!
I can’t finish it myself because I think Eddie and I would both prefer it stained and I’m not comfortable working with those kind of fumes while I’m pregnant.
So I guess it’s done for now.
I think our next Ana White project will be the open toy box.
What have you been up to today?
Hi, Linda and Richard Eyre here. You may know us from our parenting book bestsellers or the blogs of our daughters…..or perhaps you have seen our weekly columns in the Deseret News.
But in any case, we know you. And we love your blog! Of all the “mommy blogs” out there, it is surprising how few actually focus on mothering and parenting. Yours is one of them, and you do it so well!
We have what we think is our best and most important parenting book ever coming out the first of September, and we would like to invite you to be part of our advisory board and help us craft (and disseminate) our message about the dangers of ENTITLEMENT! We feel that the entitlement attitudes of today’s kids are the biggest problem of their generation (and the biggest concern of parents throughout the world)!
The new book is called THE ENTITLEMENT TRAP: How to Rescue Your Child with a New Family System of Choosing, Earning, and Owning. It will be in stores in early September, but if enough people pre order it from Amazon.com and other on line outlets it could debut on the bestseller lists its first week, and that would cause thousands of other parents to be aware of it and to have access to a message we think parents desperately need.
So here’s the deal: If you are willing to work with and advise us on our board, we can send you a large pre publication sample of the book so that you can make your readers aware of it and give them a chance to order it at a pre-pub discount of more than 33%. And then we would want your ongoing input for the website http://www.EntitlementTrap.com which is now in its lead-up phase to the book, but which will continue to supply additional info and helps to moms long after the book is out. It will, of course, link to the blogs of all members of our board.
Take a look at that site and get a bit more idea of the nature of the book, and let us know as soon as possible if you will be an adviser. We will then send you the extensive excerpts so that you can blog about the book and about the movement prior to the book’s release.
Best, Linda and Richard Eyre (eyres1@comcast.net)
PS There will also be webinars and other exciting opportunities for those who pre order the book, and of course for you and other board members.