Our House Adventures-Week Two

WHAT IS THIS?

 A TOY AIRPLANE? No, it's a strawberry huller, really.  My wife got this because it's supposedly easier to take the top off the strawberry and she doesn't like how I cut strawberries.  I used it to cut a few strawberries and then I put it away.  Here's one strawberry below that I "hulled."  It was not easier.

BUILD- A- BED: In 1997, Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. was founded in St. Louis, Missouri. If you have a child or grandchild you probably know that a child can make their own bear through an interactive process. The company did almost $500 million dollars in business last year.

My wife and I bought a Saatva  mattress which is made for you when you order it.  They are doing over $400 million dollars in business and was started in 2010.  Unfortunately, they do not put a bed together that you put their mattress on. My wife and I spent somewhere between 6-10 hours building a bed. 

These are the panels we had to put in-I spent a lot of time in the bed tightening screws before we put the mattress on. It was such a good feeling putting that mattress on the bed and it's pretty good sleeping on it too.

           

      

WHEN IS A LAWNMOWER NOT A LAWNMOWER? The answer is: when you're missing a piece of the lawnmower and you can't charge the battery, because you can't find the batteries despite having the charger. It took days, but we finally found it and I mowed the front lawn which was growing quickly.

DO YOU APPRECIATE YOUR WATER PRESSURE? They say it's important to appreciate the little things in life and good water pressure is one of them.  Our county has water restrictions and we noticed immediately that the water pressure was lacking.  The builder told me, "It takes a little while to get used to living in the desert." (That word never looks right with one "s") We know there's farm land, but we live in a desert?

MODERN DISHWASHER: It doesn't talk but this is the top panel. If you touch it anywhere it gets ready to clean the dishes and you have to press a cancel button for three seconds. It's more than three seconds, don't let it fool you.  I've done this about ten times already.

A SWING IN MY CLOSET?  I asked my wife, "Why is there a swing in our closet?" It's not a swing.  It's to hang more hangers on a lower level while hanging them also up on top.  When I look at the number of hangers we have, I'm pretty sure we're going to need more swings.