How to build a garage for your husband.

I have the best husband. Not only does he support me in my ups and downs, but he makes plans with me. Thought out and efficiently engineered plans. (I'm not talking about date plans. I'm talking about DIY plans.) And he does them late at night before going to bed so that we can get excited about our next project that we get to work on together (any guess as to what it is?).

And he comes home from work and makes the trek to help me pick up a rickety dresser, take a trip to home depot, and still finds time to read about fixing things, teach me about the tools I'm using but still have a lot to learn about, and catch up on basketball articles all while fitting in a cat nap. He is my favorite, and my very own Westley (for you Princess Bride fans out there).

And then he loves me even when its been almost far too long that our countertop has been filled with paint cans, measuring tapes, and thrift store finds, and drop cloths. I am so thankful to have him because he is the person who encourages me the most to be creative even when it seems like it won't work, to try new things, and to be my toughest critic. I think to show him my appreciation, I will build him a garage. The ultimate DIY gift a wife can give her husband, no? Look, I already poured the concrete today.

Garages facing alley...That's the back side of our home.

I'm just kidding. I only wish I knew how to build a garage. We'll leave that to the professionals though. Our garage should be done soon, fingers crossed!