Impressed by the man
Over the weekend, Dave and I were cleaning and basically working our asses off in his house to get it ready to combine households. I scrubbed his room and organized it, and with all the mechanical stuff it was a challenge!
I was Impressed BEYOND REASON at all the stuff he was good at though, he slapped on the mud for the walls in the bathroom like a professional, (yes i realize he IS a professional, but its one thing to be told, another to see him do it.) he fixed the dryer, just ran out, bought parts and ta da! drying clothing in an hour. this is after it was broken for 6 years. man was line-drying it all to save money. /rolls eyes
then, i accidentally mutilated the cable tv connection, completely busted the ends and crushed them by accident when i was cleaning. He did this voodoo with a nail, a hammer and nippy cutters and fixed it in about 10 minutes and we had cable. heh just nice to know i am marrying a useful man :-).
we also managed to find a paint color we both really like without bloodshed. its a pale forest green, very soothing but modern looking. the house is going to be in earth tones, all rich greens and browns and silvers, creams and white. he has all these decorative moldings for the top ot the walls to give the house a finished look, and white runners for near the floor. white book shelves, an antique woven hutch, (white) and we are painting the wood burning stove either white or dark green (per my brother-in-laws suggestion) to match the walls. his couch is tan, and his rugs are white. its all very nice looking and calm. i'm happy with it.
/dances around happily!
I was Impressed BEYOND REASON at all the stuff he was good at though, he slapped on the mud for the walls in the bathroom like a professional, (yes i realize he IS a professional, but its one thing to be told, another to see him do it.) he fixed the dryer, just ran out, bought parts and ta da! drying clothing in an hour. this is after it was broken for 6 years. man was line-drying it all to save money. /rolls eyes
then, i accidentally mutilated the cable tv connection, completely busted the ends and crushed them by accident when i was cleaning. He did this voodoo with a nail, a hammer and nippy cutters and fixed it in about 10 minutes and we had cable. heh just nice to know i am marrying a useful man :-).
we also managed to find a paint color we both really like without bloodshed. its a pale forest green, very soothing but modern looking. the house is going to be in earth tones, all rich greens and browns and silvers, creams and white. he has all these decorative moldings for the top ot the walls to give the house a finished look, and white runners for near the floor. white book shelves, an antique woven hutch, (white) and we are painting the wood burning stove either white or dark green (per my brother-in-laws suggestion) to match the walls. his couch is tan, and his rugs are white. its all very nice looking and calm. i'm happy with it.
/dances around happily!