It seems that this time of year, there are always action-packed, funfilled weekends where there is never any "free" time. Our crazy weekend started Thursday evening. That evening Harry and Scott performed with their respective preschool classes in their preschool's Christmas program. H & S's Nana came too and it was quite cute.
After finding a last minute baby sitter, Friday afternoon we made it too OpenNetwork's Holiday Party at Bahama Breeze in Tampa (Rocky Point). It was a short, good time to be had. To keep things interesting, we went home, had dinner and headed out for Harry's soccer game. Harry scored a goal (again)! We are so proud.
Saturday, Daddy and the boys headed over to Nana's house to help with the Christmas trimmings. After lunch, we brought Scott home for a nap and Daddy and Harry went to Chuck E. Cheese's for a birthday party. The kid's love that place but it can sure get crazy there. So, after staying up until midnight watching Frida, we finally went to sleep.
Sunday (today) also got off to a running start. After discovering the death of our pet red-eared slider tuttle, "Swimmy" we had a brief pond burial and though it appropriate to go to church afterwards. Next we explored the Pier (which wasn't really open at 10:30AM) but there was a car show there which was fun. Afterwards we met up with family at the SPY Club for a very pleasant brunch. So we stuffed ourselves completely and headed home for a brief intermission before heading out to Harry's 4PM soccer practice.
I feel like I am only now coming up for air. Although it's not easy to have fully-scheduled, holiday weekend, it was worth every minute. I'm thankful for all of the true family time I have. Happy Holidays!
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Building your own Swing Set: Pressure Treated Wood or Not?
We got a build-it-yourself swing set for the kids last year for Christmas. If you want a wood swing set and you have some time to put it all together, it’s definitely the best way to go. You buy the swing set kit which lists the sizes of wood needed then you buy the wood separate. This leaves the quandary of whether or not to use pressure treated (TOXIC) wood. Others have asked me about this so I thought I’d mention what we did here.
We ended up going with the pressure treated. We had heard bad things about it but there did not seem to be much of an option. For anything you want it to last like a swing set that is just going to sit outdoors, I think you pretty much have to use it. We primed and painted it, so I feel like all of the bad stuff is out of the kids’ direct contact. It’s been a year now so it is probably due for a new coat of paint, but it still looks great. I built the kids' a sandbox with regular wood -- I only stained and waterproofed it. It's 3 years old now and it looks pretty bad. I think it would have held up much better if I had used the pressure treated wood. It seems as though all wooden structures that are intended to last longer than a year are usually made out of pressure treated wood. I suppose our sandbox is an exception but it sure has not help up very well.
We ended up going with the pressure treated. We had heard bad things about it but there did not seem to be much of an option. For anything you want it to last like a swing set that is just going to sit outdoors, I think you pretty much have to use it. We primed and painted it, so I feel like all of the bad stuff is out of the kids’ direct contact. It’s been a year now so it is probably due for a new coat of paint, but it still looks great. I built the kids' a sandbox with regular wood -- I only stained and waterproofed it. It's 3 years old now and it looks pretty bad. I think it would have held up much better if I had used the pressure treated wood. It seems as though all wooden structures that are intended to last longer than a year are usually made out of pressure treated wood. I suppose our sandbox is an exception but it sure has not help up very well.
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