Comments on: Imagine how she would have reacted if it had been painted. http://www.infosprite.com/2009/11/10/imagine-how-she-would-have-reacted-if-it-had-been-painted/ vaccuum packed mindless ramblings Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:56:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: schwim http://www.infosprite.com/2009/11/10/imagine-how-she-would-have-reacted-if-it-had-been-painted/comment-page-1/#comment-17022 schwim Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:13:01 +0000 http://www.infosprite.com/?p=723#comment-17022 To my husband...Everything you do makes me proud. For you I'd wait forever. To my husband…Everything you do makes me proud. For you I’d wait forever.

]]> By: schwim http://www.infosprite.com/2009/11/10/imagine-how-she-would-have-reacted-if-it-had-been-painted/comment-page-1/#comment-15949 schwim Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:55:50 +0000 http://www.infosprite.com/?p=723#comment-15949 I can't tell if she's thrilled with a project because of how nice it is or just because she waited so damn long to see it. It's like at a fine restaurant; you're afraid to complain about the steak being overdone because they'll take it away and make you wait another thirty minutes for another. Time just seems to go so fast, Bert. I never fathomed that my daughter would be 8 this quickly. Looking back on it, it doesn't seem like I wasted so much time, but I did. That's what I meant by being able to bury it. I walked around in a living room with no walls for over a year and didn't really notice. I know that the house will be what we want when I'm done. I just need to make sure that it happens quickly enough that we have some time left on this earth to enjoy it. I guess the post was just my way of hoping that if I talked about it, it would shame me enough to get my ass in gear. So far, so good. I pray that it sticks :) And indeed a happy birthday to our brothers in the octagonal hats. 234 years and it doesn't look a day over 193! I can’t tell if she’s thrilled with a project because of how nice it is or just because she waited so damn long to see it. It’s like at a fine restaurant; you’re afraid to complain about the steak being overdone because they’ll take it away and make you wait another thirty minutes for another.

Time just seems to go so fast, Bert. I never fathomed that my daughter would be 8 this quickly. Looking back on it, it doesn’t seem like I wasted so much time, but I did. That’s what I meant by being able to bury it. I walked around in a living room with no walls for over a year and didn’t really notice. I know that the house will be what we want when I’m done. I just need to make sure that it happens quickly enough that we have some time left on this earth to enjoy it.

I guess the post was just my way of hoping that if I talked about it, it would shame me enough to get my ass in gear. So far, so good. I pray that it sticks :)

And indeed a happy birthday to our brothers in the octagonal hats. 234 years and it doesn’t look a day over 193!

]]> By: Evil_Bert http://www.infosprite.com/2009/11/10/imagine-how-she-would-have-reacted-if-it-had-been-painted/comment-page-1/#comment-15919 Evil_Bert Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:53:18 +0000 http://www.infosprite.com/?p=723#comment-15919 I know what you went through as a kid, but not quite to the same degree - my Dad was a great do-it-yourselfer, and built most of the furniture and fittings in our house(s). He stopped short of ripping walls out, though. But isn't that what men do? A woman lives in a house and a man lives in a project. I can sympathise with your missus, but look on the bright side - you're an absolute dynamo of ideas and energy most of the time, you have a ton of skills and you care to get the job done right, even if the methodology might be tweaked a bit. There's plenty of husbands who would look at crappy surroundings and just open another beer, so you're doing pretty darn well, actually. And happy birthday to the Marine Corps. Semper Fi. I know what you went through as a kid, but not quite to the same degree – my Dad was a great do-it-yourselfer, and built most of the furniture and fittings in our house(s). He stopped short of ripping walls out, though. But isn’t that what men do? A woman lives in a house and a man lives in a project.

I can sympathise with your missus, but look on the bright side – you’re an absolute dynamo of ideas and energy most of the time, you have a ton of skills and you care to get the job done right, even if the methodology might be tweaked a bit. There’s plenty of husbands who would look at crappy surroundings and just open another beer, so you’re doing pretty darn well, actually.

And happy birthday to the Marine Corps. Semper Fi.

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