Month: April 2011

  • Skyfort Playset Installation – Day 8 (4/6)

    Things have been pretty busy over here. I was not able to work at all yesterday, and today I didn’t have much time after I took a kid to soccer practice. But I was actually pretty stoked to continue work, so as soon as I got home and put the kids to bed, I went…

  • Skyfort Playset Installation – Day 6 (4/4)

    Day 5 was Sunday aka a Day of Rest. So no work done until Monday (4/4/11). I had originally coordinated with my coworker Geoff to come over on Saturday. He is also building a playset this summer, so the thought was that we would swap labor – he’d help me on mine, and I’d help…

  • Skyfort Playset Installation – Day 4 (4/2)

    Friday night it stormed pretty good, with some ice / hail thrown in for good measure. I worried as I lay in bed. I mean obviously the playset can’t be hidden from the elements forever, right? It is going to live outside after all! Still, we hadn’t sealed or stained it yet and I worried…

  • Skyfort Playset Installation – Day 3 (4/1)

    Day 3 was another cold day. When I got home, I immediately set out to continue progress! I had stored the first part of the playset underneath the carport to protect it from the elements, but obviously that was not going to be possible very much longer. You can see the first section in the…

  • Skyfort Playset Installation – Day 2 (3/31)

    Thursday March 31st – also known as Day 2. Normally our Thursdays are pretty busy with piano lessons and Cub Scouts, but for various reasons, both of those were canceled, leaving me with a full evening to work on my Build and Grow! First order of business was emptying out the other two boxes and…

  • Skyfort Playset Installation – Day 1 (3/30)

    As we mentioned previously, Day 1 was Wednesday March 30th. The playset was delivered in the afternoon and my wife let me know while I was at work. I know that the stereotype of these types of endeavors is that it’s a ton of work and not enjoyable at all. But at least at this…

  • Skyfort Playset Installation – Choice and delivery

    Our family of seven had had a playset on our “list” for several years before we actually purchased one. We wanted to buy one soon enough that our kids (at the time ranging in age from 10 to 2) were young enough to still enjoy it but old enough to be able to do stuff…