Many years ago when the children were still nippers, my husband and I decided it would be a brilliant idea to invest in a swing set. We researched various play systems for them as we wanted to ensure that they got years of use out of the play equipment.
It was a mammoth job trying to ensure we got the right playset that was suitable for both our 7 year old and our 2 year old. A lot of garden play equipment is absolute rubbish and would never have lasted 5 minutes, let alone 5 years.
Some of the cheaper ones looked absolutely rubbish and didn’t look safe enough. In the end we plumped for a very sturdy wooden playset, which was delivered direct to our door.
I can still remember the day we assembled the playset. The weather was absolutely boiling hot, which was unusual as it was Easter Saturday.In fact, it was scorching and really was too hot for putting together a playset.
Although the instructions were very clear and precise, my husband and I still managed to have quite a few disagreements. You know these men, they always think they are right, but in reality they don’t know anything!It needs us women around to watch everything they do and ensure everything goes where it should do. If my husband was left to his own devices, the slide would have been attached to something it really shouldn’t have been and there is no way the kids could have used the swing as it wouldn’t have been safe enough!
In our house, it would be truthful to say that everytime the hammer and screwdrivers make an appearance, we somehow manage to have a huge disagreement. He can never be bothered to look at the instructions and therefore we both get really stressed out.
We have had some huge rows about DIY, but to be honest I absolutely love a great argument. It always gives us a chance to give our lungs a good old workout and gets the blood pumping freely.
My husband is terrible when he is doing any sort of DIY and he huffs and puffs for England. The older he gets, the worse he seems to get and so now whenever I need anything doing, I try to just get on with it myself!!