Sunday, April 12, 2009

Swingsetpalooza - der First

The first installment of the construction of der Schwingset - in chronilogical order, sadly.

The reason I say sadly is because the payoff is on a post that has yet to be posted. First up - the boy doubts Daddy's ability to make it all happen, all the while sportin' his Blue Jackets jersey:
This is what Der Schwingset looks like, originally purchased:
The best part about having an "instructional design" major in the family: someone can break this madness down into small, digestible pieces.
Do y'all understand how convoluted this whole project was?
Seriously - it all came in 4 boxes, unmarked.
Eventually, a day after purchase, we got a good start:
And then we had to stand the whole mess up:
Further down the line:
This thing has floors:
Floors from another angle:
This is the second day of construction - I mentioned that, right?
And at this point, the sun went down, and the pilsner quotient went way up:

Clearly, there's a mic that should be catching Zzzzzzzs
I don't even know what THIS: is:
OK, I lied - that is a fire - consuming stuff from the windstorm of '08.
Above - that stuff burning. Below -a proper grillset - if you live in the greatest state in the union:

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