This will be short because it's FIL’s (father-in-law) last day, I went to a concert last night, I have two three-year-old friends coming over to play with screw-guns, I got four hours of sleep, blah, blah, blah… Husband doesn't like to stand next to FIL. He’s always asking me to stand in between them because he's afraid that people will look at him and then FIL and see the before and after picture. He’s not wrong. Husband looks exactly like FIL minus a few years and a few pounds. I don’t find the look-alike thing to be a problem. Sure, it seems like there will be a ‘hair springing from every orifice’ issue coming at me but I can nip that in the bud with the gift of a ear/nose trimmer and a pair of scissors for the eyebrows. And sure, the ‘I can’t eat in other people’s houses’ thing will likely get worse, but I think I can handle it. What I do find problematic is this: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This is FIL’s dressing table top. And this is Husband’s >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It does not get better. Crap. BUT when it seems like the end is bleak, I get home after an impromptu concert date and find this piece of awesome: My messy, OCD, pain-in-the-ass, husband made this for the two three-year-old friends coming over to play with screw-guns. Per my request, it is a simple screw-gun project. Per his OCD, it is labeled, sanded and the appropriate screws have been pulled and laid out ready for screwing. <<<<<<<< THIS lovely attention to detail for a project that is for a pair of boys he has yet to meet while he's in the middle of finishing up the prison bathroom and his studio and pretending to visit with his father is why I will put up with the rest of the hairy mess that is coming at me. I have NO IDEA why he bothers to put up with me.
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Q.D
6/13/2015 10:23:08 pm
I feel like i am having an English=/=English moment, but Screw Guns?
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ej
6/14/2015 01:55:42 am
Q.D. - So funny! My FIL had the same response. A screw gun is an electric screwdriver. The 3yr olds are into Bob the Builder and everything construction so I thought it'd be a good idea. They were way more interested in our vacuums and brooms and my piles and piles of cardboard boxes.
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Q.D
6/14/2015 10:57:27 am
Right! That is what i assumed, but was wondering if you meant a power drill because that is more gun shaped than an electric screwdriver (and i was also assuming that you weren't handing nail guns to three year olds ;) ) Leave a Reply. |
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