About 6 months ago, I had asked Corey for a shelf in our laundry closet because with a stackable washer and dryer in a tiny closet, there just wasn't much room to store important things like the laundry detergent, iron, etc. I think I even told him I wanted it for my birthday but was told that "It'll be too hard to put one up in there". Last week, though, Corey found a new drill and driver (I have no idea what the purpose of a driver is, so please don't ask) online and when asking me about whether he should go ahead and make the big purchase, he threw out the following line: "If you let me get these, I'll hang up that shelf you've been wanting!"
And guess what? The night it arrived in the mail, Corey went to Fred Meyer and Home Depot to get the necessary supplies to put up a shelf for me! And I'll have you know that I didn't say anything about the shelf since he mentioned having to have these new tools. Apparently he needed a project - any project - in order to get some good use out of his new gadgets.
Now I'm a happy camper because my laundry closet is more organized and my hubby is a happy camper because he got some new tools and was already able to use them.
That is one fine looking (and sturdy!) shelf, don't you agree?
Wow, you know you're an adult when you're excited about storage shelves.
Oh, young, naive Jenny. They say they will do things once they have the tools to do them, and initially they do.
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I buy shoes as retaliation.
Ha! Thanks for the warning. I'll be on the lookout for this behavior. If it happens, I'll take your lead and retaliate with shoes, too!
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