because grant is handier with tools and much more patient than i, he ends up with a much longer list of house to dos than me. so when i skipped my afternoon class a few weeks ago i decided i should devote the time to things on his list.
i started by taking down the ceiling fan in our bedroom. i know you all probably love ceiling fans... why though? hate them. plus this one is ugly, g is tall and we have low ceilings. it had to go. i won't say there weren't a few moments when i thought i was going to either 1. electrocute myself or 2. drop the fan, but in the end i was successful.
see that tricky red wire? it caused me about an hour more of work, but i dominated it in the end!
new light!
next up... our garage was in shambles. i know this doesn't look that great, but believe me it was a HUGE improvement from what it was before i spent two hours in there. G hates being cramped so he had been frustrated since the day we moved in. its even better since we got rid of all that garage sale stuff!
lastly...i mowed our BACK yard! take a second to absorb that... do you see the hill? now let me tell you the funniest part about all of this. when we were buying a lawn mower i insisted on two things 1. it needed a bag and 2. it needed to be self propelled so i could mow if need be.
soooo... i'm out there mowing the lawn in 95 degree heat plus humidity on our bumpy, weed infested hill and i can't get over how unimpressed i am with the self propelled action of our mower. after an hour i finish and end up with HUGE open wounds on both my thumbs.
G comes home all surprised and excited about all that i accomplished and causally asks me if i turned on the self- propelled function on the mower... you should have seen my face. umm it isn't automatic?? turns out there is a lever you have to push. ha. no wonder it was so F-ing hard.
i started by taking down the ceiling fan in our bedroom. i know you all probably love ceiling fans... why though? hate them. plus this one is ugly, g is tall and we have low ceilings. it had to go. i won't say there weren't a few moments when i thought i was going to either 1. electrocute myself or 2. drop the fan, but in the end i was successful.
see that tricky red wire? it caused me about an hour more of work, but i dominated it in the end!
new light!
next up... our garage was in shambles. i know this doesn't look that great, but believe me it was a HUGE improvement from what it was before i spent two hours in there. G hates being cramped so he had been frustrated since the day we moved in. its even better since we got rid of all that garage sale stuff!
lastly...i mowed our BACK yard! take a second to absorb that... do you see the hill? now let me tell you the funniest part about all of this. when we were buying a lawn mower i insisted on two things 1. it needed a bag and 2. it needed to be self propelled so i could mow if need be.
soooo... i'm out there mowing the lawn in 95 degree heat plus humidity on our bumpy, weed infested hill and i can't get over how unimpressed i am with the self propelled action of our mower. after an hour i finish and end up with HUGE open wounds on both my thumbs.
G comes home all surprised and excited about all that i accomplished and causally asks me if i turned on the self- propelled function on the mower... you should have seen my face. umm it isn't automatic?? turns out there is a lever you have to push. ha. no wonder it was so F-ing hard.
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Congrats! I was super handy this weekend too. :)
And, me and Mav fight constantly about the ugly white fan in our bedroom. I have given him the rest of the summer to say his goodbyes before I replace it with something pretty.
Oh Nicole! I can totally relate to that, I was mowing manually as well, until Lucas told me I was doing it wrong! The things we do for our husbands! I hope you have an awesome trip to Oregon! We miss you guys!
LOL...I needed that laugh about the lawn mower! Thanks Nicole! (PS - Sorry to hear your clinicals are full of poopy MRSA fun!)
love the new header! wow I needed that laugh too about the lawn mower, did Grant crack up at you?? tell Oregon hi and maybe give her a hug
It's twice as funny if you picture Grant actually saying it in his soft spoken, unassuming manner!
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