Step by Step Corn Hole!

Husband + Birthday = Corn Hole Boards. UNT (to be) corn hole boards, to be exact.

Friend makes boards + Dani paints boards = Birthday Gift

Tailgating + UNT = Green&White&Black

What other math equations can I think of?

Step 0: Spend time in Home Depot during lunch buying supplies only to get home and it's the wrong shade of green. #winning

Step 1: Spend 2 whole lunch hours figuring out this tape situation, getting it straight and even, only to end up taking them off because painting a black stripe first is the way to go.

Step 2A: Add in a doggy helper who was great at holding tape for me and watching the outside for strangers. Good lookin' out, Kiefy.

Step 3: Move boards inside because it's too dang hot to do anything outside. Also lay down new tape, because it's fun! And let the colors begin.

Step 2A + Step 3 = proceed to Step 4

Step 4: GREEN! Mean Green. Grrrr

Step 3 + Step 4 = My face after repeating 5 times each.

Step 5: Holy mother of Mean Green the colors worked!

Step 5A: Meticulously work to cover any smudges or lines blurred from the tape not hold (which for the most part it worked great!)

Step 6: Spray clear gloss thingy ma-jig and compare how the 2nd choice green still doesn't match the pre-bought bags.

Steps 1+2+3+4+5+6= Step 7

Step 7: Leave work early, beat husband home, set up corn hole boards before we leave for the weekend, surprise husband. Except husband drives to back which is NOT normal, get phone call from husband in back asking what these are. Surprise, husband! Surprise! (and Happy Birthday!)

Steps TBD: Add Mean Green/North Texas logo and paint sides black. Then it's game on.

And that, my friends, is how to not-really-surprise your husband, and start off a birthday weekend!

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