Yesterday I showed you that my husband bought me a ‘just because’ gift. This is the bag the gift came in.
The bag was FULL of all these colored markers – regular marker on one end, pointed on the opposite end – 262 different colors!!!!!!!! I was beyond thrilled.
He disappeared for the whole afternoon. It was cooler, and I could see that he had the shop garage door open and the fan on, so I wasn’t worried about him having heat stroke out there. I finally checked on him, bringing him a bottle of water.
He was making a box for me to keep the markers in. He didn’t like the bag. He had spent all afternoon cutting wood to make a box. He was ready to glue on the bottom when I went out there. I helped him do that.
This morning first thing he went out to get the box. We started putting markers in the box. Soon we knew we had a problem. The box was too small to hold all the markers.
My husband was beyond upset. My words were falling on deaf ears, so I let him calm down awhile.
Finally I suggested he make an inset to sit on top of the bottom tier of markers that could slide in and out. I can put the most used markers in the top tier and slide it out when I want to use one not in the top. They will all be together and easily accessible.
He seems to like that idea.
I’m still quite touched that he thought about this present at all, ordered it for me, and then tried to make it even better. I’m hopeful that this suggestion will work to show him how much I appreciate his efforts. This man is definitely a keeper.
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