Spring is here and if you're like me then your "Honey Do" list has started to grow as fast as your lawn. But there's a sweet side to the situation if you play your cards right - the chance to score some new power tools!

Let's face it guys, you know as well as I do that just asking your wife if you can buy a new powertool - out of the blue - is flat out not going to work. What? You claim you don't have to ask? Ha, I call bull.

But if you start on a house project before posing the question to The Committee, then you have at least a 50% chance of closing the deal. Don't ask before you start the project either, or she'll be the one calling bull before you can even get the car keys out for the trip to Home Depot.

My current project is putting window seats in the kid's rooms upstairs. The window space is just under 5 feet wide, and I built 3 cubbies for easy access to toys. I just finished the first coat of primer and should get the final finishing coat on tonight.

This was of course all my wife's design. She designs - I build. It's a beautiful system that works great for us.

Now, in order to do this job right, I really needed a nail gun. Fortunately I already have an air compressor, and Home Depot was having a sale on their Bostitch nail guns for about $90. It's pretty much one model up from their bottom end, but I'm not going to be using it for any industrial contract projects, so it'll be fine for home use.

The nail gun made a huge difference in the project, and I'll be able to use it for future projects too.

And think of all the money you'll save by doing the project yourself. That will easily pay for the power tool several times over, especially after the deals you'll find on nail guns in the Deals For Dads - Tools section.

This of course means that I'll have to pick my next project carefully... maybe a project that'll need a table saw to really give it that professional look.