Now youi have gotten me started . . . .
Once upon a time at Christmas, 1999.
I spent two weeks in my woodworking shop making a heirloom quality solid maple and cherry chest style toy box. It was sturdy enough that it could also function as a bench style seat.
Here is an archive.org cache of the toy box from my old web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20...
I made this gift for my sister who had two young boys.
When I previewed this gift to my mother, she told me that I was not finished and the at need to rush out to the store and get some theme toys to put into the toy box.
At 5 PM on Chrstmas Eve.
Yeah, right. After spending 2 weeks lovingly working on this project, only to be expected to rush out on Christmas eve to buy movie theme toys to stuff in it.
Sorry, I told mom that I would rather make nice sugary brownies for Christmas Eve dinner.