{"id":709,"date":"2006-12-16T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2006-12-16T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-16T20:31:00","slug":"building-a-bed-for-my-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2006\/12\/16\/building-a-bed-for-my-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a bed for my boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like many of you, I was out searching for the perfect tree this weekend. However, while you simply strung some lights and decorations on yours, I hauled mine into my woodshop, cut it into just the perfect amount of boards, stained a few and built this lovely little bed for Simon:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/RYRYPs98N3I\/AAAAAAAAAB4\/fz01mOezsp8\/s1600-h\/IMG_4015.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5009225712335075186\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/RYRYPs98N3I\/AAAAAAAAAB4\/fz01mOezsp8\/s320\/IMG_4015.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s that you say? You can see the assembly instructions right there on the floor? Busted. Okay, so I didn&#8217;t carve the raw lumber, and the holes were pre-drilled. But I did get to use my power screwdriver and some sandpaper, and even had to hammer in a few dowels. That&#8217;s the tricky part, you know.<\/p>\n<p>(Beloved tried to suggest that maybe he could build the bed, but I wouldn&#8217;t let him anywhere near it. I so love to assemble DIY furniture. It satisfies my urge to make things while taking the more dangerous power tools out of my hands. Win-win.)<\/p>\n<p>And judging by the three-hour nap, Simon seems to like it, too:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/RYRYHc98N2I\/AAAAAAAAABw\/RMuC1M0sNlE\/s1600-h\/IMG_4017.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5009225570601154402\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_F8hCQ7IbS40\/RYRYHc98N2I\/AAAAAAAAABw\/RMuC1M0sNlE\/s320\/IMG_4017.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many of you, I was out searching for the perfect tree this weekend. However, while you simply strung some lights and decorations on yours, I hauled mine into my woodshop, cut it into just the perfect amount of boards, stained a few and built this lovely little bed for Simon: What&#8217;s that you say? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2006\/12\/16\/building-a-bed-for-my-boy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Building a bed for my boy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-is-all-about-me"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}