I’m not married yet, but I received my first ultimatum a couple months ago. My fiancée said, “Finish remodeling the house before I move in, or else…” I’m not sure what “or else” means, but at this point in our relationship I’m not sure I’m ready to find out. Continue reading ‘Ultimatums turn into suggestions during remodel’
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You’d think after living in central Indiana my entire life I’d be used to our weather. But it never fails to surprise me with tornadoes, thunderstorms, destroyed power lines and overflowing basements.
As Kristy indicated, Indianapolis has recently experienced some bad weather. Last weekend, I came home to knee-high sewage that had backed up into my basement. Continue reading ‘Bad weather bothering you? Not me…’
I’m willing to do anything legal to save money. This includes moving in with an old family friend in order to save on rent. Here’s a picture of my good old buddy:
Okay, the title is a bit misleading … I promise I won’t go on too long about my own troubles. So, here’s the deal: Due to a limited amount of funds, my fiance and I tend to do most of our repairs and projects ourselves. My fiance’s father happens to be one of those guys that knows how to do everything. I mean EVERYTHING. It’s been said that if the world comes to an end, he’s the guy you’d want in your bomb shelter. Let’s face it, he’s a modern day MacGyver.
While it’s comforting to know that we’ll never (knock on wood) need to hire an electrician, plumber or landscaper there are just some things I can’t trust him with. It’s not that he does shoddy work, it’s just that I can’t always appreciate the resourcefulness.
Our kitchen is in desperate need of some remodeling. And while I think it’s just swell that my future father in-law can rig up an apartment heater in our garage using plywood and copper piping … I don’t really want my to leave the fate of my kitchen floor to innovation and quick wit.
I decided (much to my fiance’s chagrin) that we were going to hire a handyman. After the initial shock wore off, we began to compile a list of things that needed to be done and that we didn’t want to “burden” the pops with.
We started with the kitchen floor, cabinets and light fixtures and moved to other areas of the house. We’re also in dire need of getting our hardwood floors refinished, but I caught myself before putting that on the list. Should a handyman refinish your floors? Even if he can, should he? If he’s so good at refinishing floors then why doesn’t he specialize? I mean … I want this done right. Especially if we’re going to pay for it. Is that too much to ask? It seems that the prospect of having one person knock out my projects was a little unnerving. I then realized I may have a control problem, or maybe I’m a bit cheap. All I know is that I found myself calling a familiar number and saying, “Hey Dad, do you happen to have a drum sander?”
