Jimmy Rigging

Last week I promised to tell you more about the night

we stuck buckets under our broken bed to hold it

up. Well, Spencer has had a bad habit

of running from their computer room across the hall

and flying through the air to land on our bed!

At 180 lbs, he's just too big to do this like he did

when he was a toddler! He has broken bed slats before,

and we scold him, so he only does it when

we aren't watching! Well, a couple of weeks ago

he did one last, flying leap and broke the entire

bed frame! The Mister wasn't home until

late that night, so instead of bringing in a

power saw and drill and starting in on it

at 11PM, he opted to hold up the slats with

some old utility buckets we had in the garage.

He called it Jerry Rigging...which I laughed

at and told him that Jill had just blogged about

her love of Jimmy Rigging, saying that

to Jimmy Rig was to fix something regardless

of how it looks or how long it lasts.

Using any materials that are available

to you in a creative way to make

something work. He and Jill really

ought to get together and share their stories,

because The Mister tries to Jimmy Rig everything.

Although, he insists it's called Jerry, but

pronounces it Jury. Strange.

And you wonder why I have my own tools and

try to repair things on my own! LOL!

The good news is we only had to keep it this way

for 3 nights and then he actually repaired it in

a way that I would approve. :)