Posted on March 10 2009
The first time it happened was four and a half years ago. The wife found out that she was pregnant and the "Eviction Notice" went up on my "Gear Room" door promptly. I was happily pushed out to create a bedroom for our little girl.
As the birth of our daughter approached, what was once a room of fly rods, waders, and backpacks, was repainted a girl friendly green and transformed into a living page from the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.
Everything that once lived in the spacious "Gear Room" was divided up and tightly stored in the guest bedroom closet and in the unfinished (EEEKKK!) room over the garage to brave the elements.
Six months ago the process happened again. Even before the home pregnancy test popped the pink plus sign for sure, the wife cut me a look that it was time to move out...again.
Now we are building a room for our son, and besides painting walls and putting furniture together, I am finding new and imaginative places to stash gear.
"Eviction Notices" or not...it's great building a family of little anglers!
As the birth of our daughter approached, what was once a room of fly rods, waders, and backpacks, was repainted a girl friendly green and transformed into a living page from the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.
Everything that once lived in the spacious "Gear Room" was divided up and tightly stored in the guest bedroom closet and in the unfinished (EEEKKK!) room over the garage to brave the elements.
Six months ago the process happened again. Even before the home pregnancy test popped the pink plus sign for sure, the wife cut me a look that it was time to move out...again.
Now we are building a room for our son, and besides painting walls and putting furniture together, I am finding new and imaginative places to stash gear.
"Eviction Notices" or not...it's great building a family of little anglers!
