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?”
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