Hubby is again doing sweat labor in the kitchen–refinishing and refacing cabinets. He is a real handyman. Given enough time, everything must be repaired or replaced. He is even a weatherization training expert. He does everything–siding, insulation, doors, windows.
I once again visited the Carousel of Progress, initially a featured attraction [...]
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Handy Hubby
Present Practicality
I like presents like flowers, candy, perfume, real jewelry, furs. Skip things like vacuum cleaners and appliances for this girl. Hubby claims I am not practical. Probably not but neither is he. He is still complaining about the automatic slicer I bought him for his birthday a couple of years [...]
Meet The Installer’s Wife
You have heard the jokes about the plumber’s wife whose faucet always dripped. Now I want to introduce you to one about the installer’s wife namely me.
Hubby is an installer–satellite dishes, computers, televisions, home entertainment systems, and more. I’ve seen his installations, clean jobs with no exposed wiring as opposed to cat 6 [...]
Some Habits Never Die
Old school parochial English composition demanded correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling and usage. When one saw RED, it meant there was an error to correct. Some people carry things too far. I have to plead guilty to this one.
I found hubby’s note to me, “Honey, differin with you, I think we should leave [...]
A Faucet For A Meal
“Honey, I just got the water bill and we have to cut down usage. We’ve gone over the limit again and it isn’t the dishwasher, laundry, or shower. Don’t tell me that it is the pool water either. We closed that at the end of the summer and, [...]
Don’t Flip That House, Fix This House
Hubby and Baby Boy (grown up into LA) are television junkies. They watch everything including infomercials. One day I found them sitting at the table making lists. They wanted to buy the 40 year old ranch down the road, unoccupied for a couple of years. It seems that they were watching Flip This House and [...]
One Man, Many Gloves
There are many different kinds of gloves. For outside dress, it’s leather. For outside everyday, it’s thermal. For formal, its white. For the lawn, it’s garden. For the coal stove, its fireproof. For mechanics, its work gloves. I always seem to be buying hubby gloves. He [...]
