Natasha was here to babysit, and so while Kevin installed one of the new quiet fish tank pumps (and discovered that the old one was nearly clogged with a turbo snail shell and assorted algae and gunk), I worked on unpacking the swing set boxes. They arrived quite damaged, but the injuries inside are superficial. We’re missing a few hardware parts, but the wood is all here and basically fine.
Two and a half hours later I finally had everything organized. Each piece of wood is stamped with a letter/number pair, and I arranged them in piles according to that.
The further-out view with the parts for the slide, bouncy tunnel, swings, etc.
Hundreds (thousands?) of pieces of hardware – yikes:
We will be drilling for WEEKS. I finished the ladder after nap – a very, very small victory. But man is there ever a lot to go. On the plus side, it all looks excellent. I can’t wait to see it all assembled.
this looks WAY harder than an ikea bookshelf. oof.
If it wasn’t for such an awesome purpose, all of those pieces would make me want to cry. Wishing you patience and perseverance – it WILL be worth all the effort!!