The Little Things He Does

By : | 4 Comments | On : July 3, 2009 | Category : Family

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It’s the little things he does.

Like today, when I was at work.  He built me this.

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It’s a new photo lightbox that I can take pictures in.

See, I have made a couple of them lately out of a big cardboard box and some tissue paper, which  would have worked out just fine.

Except for….

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This kid.

See, I keep my photo box in our laundry room.  A few days ago, I found it completely crunched and broken.  The result of a teenage boy just not noticing things.

I still love him anyway, by the way.  And I found this today on our chalkboard in the kitchen.

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How can you be mad when you find something like that?

Mr. Wonderful started brainstorming on a teenager-proof lightbox I could use.  The man’s mind works very unlike mine.  He can figure out anything…not kidding…he’s SO smart!  Remember the show MacGyver?  That guy could take 2 toothpicks and a twist tie and make a weapon!

Same with my husband.  He took one of those shoe racks, added 2 lights on the side, and zip-tied them on.  Then he got a bigger light and did the same at the top.


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At the bottom, he zip-tied on one of those plug outlets that allows multiple plug-ins and plugged all 3 lights into it.

Then, he put a simple frosted storage box on the bottom rack and turned it onto one side.  Inside is a plain white piece of posterboard.  That can be switched out for other colors.

lightbox2On the top shelf, he put a box that will hold my decorative props like tissue paper.  So we decided to test it out.

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I think it worked pretty doggone well!

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Girls, if you find a man that will do things that he knows will make you happy, and cares more about making you smile than his own needs, you have a keeper for life.  Hold on to him and love him forever!

I love my little gift from him and I adore him completely!

As for this kid…

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I’m still keeping him far away from it!

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  1. posted by Cheryl on July 3, 2009

    Neat, Neat, and cool. Mr. Wonderful did a good thing. the pic turned out nice.

  2. posted by Julie on October 2, 2010

    Neat-o!! I wish I could have a light box like that. I think I will probably just make one from a cardboard box. speaking of which, I have to get up in the attic and look for one.

    Mr. Wonderful Island Man is pretty creative!

  3. posted by Dina Leonhardt on June 7, 2011

    Wonderful on every count! Thanks for posting this!!

  4. posted by Lisa on October 13, 2011

    AWESOME!!!!! You certainly got a good one <3

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