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July 31, 2005

my creative side appeared today

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we have graduated from a waterbed to a grown up bed. I think I told you that the bed is very high. Well, some of our critters are upset because they can no longer make the jump up to our bed, especially our rather aged Black Lab and a couple of the elderly/overweight cats.

John and I thought about getting a pet ramp so they could climb up on the bed. We thought a lot about it until we priced the dang things. We even checked at Pet Smart, and the only ones they had that can hold Shadow were about 149 dollars!

Well, we will do about anything for our critters, but I'm trying to keep a budget, so I decided against spending money on that.

Instead, I designed my own pet ramp and built it!

I'll post a picture tomorrow - but it cost a whole lot less to make a sturdier ramp than they were selling anywhere else.

So, John and I went to Home Depot, bought a couple of 16" X 96" MDF pre-painted shelves, a couple of hinges and some 2"x2" boards and some stuff 3M makes as safety tread for outdoor use.

So anyway, I spent the afternoon making my creation, and I'm very happy to say that not only does it work, but it doesn't look too bad at all!

And I guess I spent about $35 for the wood parts and about 15 for the safety tread stuff, and it is much sturdier than what they are selling anywhere else.

Of course, now my knees ache from kneeling on the floor whilst drilling and screwing (the screws, dammit - get your minds outta the gutter!!!) - and the hinges worked perfectly and to make things even better, if I want, I can fold the whole dang thing up and slide it under the bed!

What did you all do this weekend?

Posted by Beth at July 31, 2005 08:06 PM