Recipe for Joy

**timabababaluka** · 09-22-2012, 16:20

My middle daughter's b-day was this week, so I ran to Hancock Fabrics grabbed some polyester jacket-liner from the clearance rack for $.99 per yard (at 90% off) and cranked out a gathered end.

3 kids down, 4 more to go. Then we all combine forces and take over the world/the Missus--she'll be hanging within two years!

**brotherjohn** · 09-22-2012, 18:24

so your recipe would be...?

1 bargain adventure
1 backyard
2 converted swing sets hang-a-ma-jigs
1 steel pole
1 roll of pimp daddy jacket liner material
1 smiling kid with a pinch of birthday

:0)

**ibgary** · 09-22-2012, 19:36

That looks like a very happy camper. Nice job dad.

**MAD777** · 09-22-2012, 20:11

That's fantastic! The smile says it all

**Roadrunnr72** · 09-22-2012, 20:21

I find it quite amusing that you posted the turtledog stand before this one, I see where your priorities lay.

Nice job, dad

**AtHomeDad** · 09-22-2012, 20:22

Fabric $4, Some rope $3, Cost for Gas to go the store $12.50 . . . The smile on her face . . . PRICELESS!

Great Birthday Gift!

**timabababaluka** · 09-22-2012, 20:43

Originally Posted by brotherjohn

so your recipe would be...?

1 bargain adventure
1 backyard
2 converted swing sets hang-a-ma-jigs
1 steel pole
1 roll of pimp daddy jacket liner material
1 smiling kid with a pinch of birthday

:0)

That's it exactly--it's like you were scrolling directly through my recipe Rolodex

Originally Posted by ibgary

That looks like a very happy camper. Nice job dad.

Originally Posted by MAD777

That's fantastic! The smile says it all

Originally Posted by AtHomeDad

Fabric $4, Some rope $3, Cost for Gas to go the store $12.50 . . . The smile on her face . . . PRICELESS!

Great Birthday Gift!

Yup! The Smile--it's why we dads do what we do

. Thanks, guys!

Originally Posted by Roadrunnr72

I find it quite amusing that you posted the turtledog stand before this one, I see where your priorities lay.

Nice job, dad

You can say what you want, but let me hit you with some knowledge--a hammock's novelty factor for a 7 year old could wear off, and the smiles with it... but a turtledog stand lasts Daddy a lifetime

Thanks all! I appreciate the support.