Showing posts with label Dad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dad. Show all posts

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Day 42 - Room to move


When Dani and I moved in together, we opted for my bed as it was a bit more comfy, although as it was only a double despite not being big people, we would need to get use to having less space.  So for the past eighteen or so months I've been sleeping on the edge of the bed in danger of falling to the floor and Dani has been in at risk of being elbowed when I shift during the night.  We always planned to get a new ensemble when we move to our new home, but thought why wait?  So a couple of weeks ago we were walking through the home centre in Castle Hill when I suggested we take a look in the Beds'R'Us shop.  All mattress manufacturers like to give their products impressive names and the "Platinum 7" certainly fit this bill.  As we had to dispose of our current bed first, I hired a ute and with the assistance of my dad, we picked up the new bed, took it home and took our old bed to mum and dad's place for the guest room.  Lots of lifting, sliding and maneuvering, just like the old days when we worked together at his bed shop.  When done, Dani and I went to get some sheets and while we were there picked up this quilt cover too.  And the first night's sleep?  Bliss, with room to move.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Day 38 - Improvised assembly tooling


With steel work to begin tomorrow I had to get the mobile scaffolding ready.  I rang around to see what it would cost to rent compared to buying and they came out better to buy given our timeframe.  The only thing was that I would need to put it together; or should that be we?  I enlisted the help of my dad to meet me onsite and we began working out how this stuff went together.  I unloaded my spanners, socket set and screwdrivers from the car, not knowing what to expect.  When we took a closer look at the scaffold it suddenly looked a lot easier as it held itself together with quick release clips.  We unpacked the poles and looked at the instructions after some trial and error, particularly struggling to get the ladder to work - which we later ditched, it was done.  The only tool we needed was a block of wood which is the tool of choice for all things easy to assemble.