Now don't get me wrong, I love my house, but lately I have been getting a little depressed. I mean, my house is a lovely character home, and it definetly builds character. Let's start with the first big project... building the garage. The plan was to build a new garage, that was simple. I guess for the most part it was not that bad, except the fact that it cost a few bucks. Well then there is the issue of the old garage. I am starting to make plans on how to rip it down. Do I hire someone to tear it down or do I try to dismantle it piece by piece. Once that is done, I get to paint the trim on the outside of the house, eavestroughs are a little sketchy so those are next. Once the garage is torn down, I can reseed or re-sod my lawn, then I better build a fence to keep the neighbours out...
With all of that going on you think I would be full of activities for a year. Well Michelle needs to have some lights installed in her studio and by the way, it would be nice to paint the living room... Well on top of all that, today Michelle informed me that the tap for the hot water in the shower no longer works. Looks like cold showers for us... Not on your life!
Turns out the tap was striped so I headed off to Canadian Tire and bought a new
tap, but of course you have to buy two cause they have to match. Also our washing machine has been leaking like crazy so I bought a couple of new hoses for that. All the while Michelle was tormenting me by needling me and poking me. Oh well.Things seem to be looking up... nothing has broken down in the last hour, well except for one of my computers that I am trying to configure. So if you aren't busy and pretty handy, go buy a house...
4 comments:
Don't worry, you don't have to do everything. I did a little spring cleaning in the basement tonite. I hope you won't miss those Star Wars videos. lol!
I feel your pain, David! I decided years ago just to think of it as a work in progress, and not to expect perfection out of my old house .... if I mentally step outside those parameters I can drive myself bonkers!
I actually wasn't the one that signed up for a "Character Home". If it was up to me when we were looking, it would have been a new house all the way. Then after I got used to the idea of living in a older home it kind of grew on me. Now Michelle wants the new house! I am starting to come back around to that thought process.
Oh well, the lord put us here for a reason, I guess that I can suck it up for a few years!
Dave isn't it great owning a house. I could come up with a list pretty long of the things I want to do around here, but most of them won't be happening for a while.
After owning this house i am not sure if i would want to buy a new house. Its fun dreaming of all the things you could do to your house to make it better.
Darren
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