Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Do it yourself

Have you ever bought something at IKEA and decided to assemble it on your own? Well, I did that once with a row of drawers and I wouldn't do it again. Took ages! And it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.

Having said that, I've spent hours slogging away trying to replace dead grass in my garden. It's really hard work and you can't just lay it down. You need to make sure it fits round the edges so I had to cut exact shapes going round curves and filling in the gaps.

It's quite fun. I've never done this before. I wanted to give it a shot. I didn't realise I was at it the whole day so my whole body is now aching *groan* It takes a lot out of you.

My pugs were just curious spectators throughout the day looking confused (hang on, they ALWAYS look confused haha) probably wondering why I was uprooting the whole garden! Mummy was trying to make their home look better init ;)

14 comments:

Tekkaus said...

Wow! You was at it the whole day. Didn't your kids help out? Ha :D

Modandi said...

its a men thing la. girls wont understand =p

Jojo Struys said...

My kids :) *smile* ...no kids la. Just four legged pugs that like to sleep alot:)

Jojo

Anonymous said...

You are quite a handy woman huh jojo?
Magoo

Anonymous said...

bet you did it at 4am too. Just like you did the drawers at 4am & kept everyone awake then too despite us having 9ams & you ... none! :)

i.e. that photo of you digging in daylight was specifically just for the blog right?

test said...

nothing beat the experience of D-I-Y project *although some help from the mates can help alot*

Lyle Gogh said...

you should have buried a bone or something for your kids to find!

Victoria said...

Wow!! That makes me think of what those people do to the football field everytime before a game! Cool! But i don't get how you measure the length and all! Lol

Iriene said...

Hi Jojo,
Long time no hear. Great to see you here via Innit/Blogs. The last time I saw you was at some "tap dance/health road show" in 1 Utama.
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Wilson Ng said...

certain DIY needs 2 person to complete it faster. :)

Brigante said...

Your dog looks like he is enjoying himself:) Brigante

Jojo Struys said...

My back is still hurting after all that digging :)

24yomummy said...

Hi Jojo,

This is my first time reading your blog.

I think you did a great job. So two thumb up for you ya.

Have a great weekend ahead. =)

Jojo Struys said...

thanks for the warm comments pauline. jojo

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