May 13 - 19

I have discovered the reason men do not live as long as women. It is because men have to assemble patio furniture that our wives purchased.

I have spent 4 hours today assembling one of those swinging benches with an umbrella like cover. First of all there are fifty parts. The problem is the parts all look the same but they are different because the screw holes are in different places. So once you assemble something you realize that you have the wrong arm and you disassemble it and start over again. This happens with every section. And of course they give you a little wrench you have to use that is so small that you keep dropping it while you are holding multiple parts. Do you know how much fun it is to put together 3 different 5 foot long parts that have to fit on one bolt with washers in between?

Then when it was all done it turns out they made the top one inch too short and so it didn’t fit.

Have a nice Mother’s Day