Well for the past couple of weeks I have been making attempts to tidy up stuff around the house. I am not talking about housework either. I have started painting the facia boards as two of the corners were looking pretty bad - and no amount of nagging was getting Phil (my other half) out there to do the job. His comment was that we should just pay someone. Well hello Phil, we aint got no money honey! Remember? I am not working sweetie pie. Ah well it is nice to live in a dream world. Not that I can talk I am really enjoying being at home.
So anyways back to maintenance, I am attempting to paint the facia boards, trouble is I have trouble staying on one job so I have a lot of half done jobs.
Funny thing happened on Tuesday though. I thought I would also do some of the facia on the carport and wotyano the bloody gutter was hanging on by a wing and prayer and when the Maintenance Wizard (myself) went to bang one of the BLOODY nails in, it fell off.
I nearly fell off the ladder larfing. Oh god I am glad no one was there the swearing was pretty colorful. Funny thing is I realised then that the gutter had to be taken off to paint underneath coz it hadnt been done since Noah was a boy.
I showed Phil that nite and he said I'd done a good job. Yeh a blind man would be glad to see it I am sure. I wont give up my day job.... hang on, wot day job??!
Actually once I put the undercoat on half of it I stood back and thought well maybe I am a Maintenance Wizard, coz if I squint it looks like a bought one. Bloody beauty. I am sure I will get better at it, specially the painting part. You wouldnt want to stand underneath me when I am atop a ladder, painting coz I dont care where the paint goes as long most of it hits where I want it! The purple flowers & green grass have highlights of white now (nice), ah well they'll grow out of it.
Well anyway to help me finish everything I have started, the Master Maintenance Wizard (that'd be my dad) has arrived to rescue me from any further damage to the environment. He reckons it takes half a day to locate everything before he can start working on anything!
MMW is pretty good 'cept if he makes a mistake it just a technical failure which can be solved creatively. Thats like if the door is crooked you make the doorway fit it? Yeh, well maybe thats where I get me slap dash - dodgy brothers approach to maintenance from. Its better than no maintenance at all and I only touch the little stuff, like paint or put a screw in the wall.
Sparky (Phil) is wonderful round the house. MMW noticed that all the power points he has put in are hanging off the wall in the carport, How come he asked. Come on!!! I responded, I cant do everything. Like the old saying marry a tradesman and he will never do anything related to his field around the house.
Sparky is a pretty relaxed kinda guy and I wouldnt have him any other way, trouble is if he slowed down any more he'd be stopped!!
Well I know the MMW will be needing me soon - like he has been up since sparrow fart - so I'd better get some duds on and then MMW and MW can work on the wot needs to be done, cuss n swear and larf lots. Wot fun.
thats it today, cheers big ears - same goes big nose, toodles chrissie
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