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10/19/08 08:39 - ID#46198
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Janelle and I sometimes fall into traditional gender roles (I take out the trash, she vacuums, for example) but in other ways we break expectations.
One particular way is that Janelle is the handy one in this family. While I was out with church people, Janelle winterized the house: weatherstripping, plastic on the windows, and a new programmable thermostat.
How lucky am I to have a wife like her?
One particular way is that Janelle is the handy one in this family. While I was out with church people, Janelle winterized the house: weatherstripping, plastic on the windows, and a new programmable thermostat.
How lucky am I to have a wife like her?
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08/29/08 03:42 - ID#45501
Ladder?
If anybody wants to lend us an extension ladder, that would be nice.
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09/22/07 06:07 - ID#41255
Stain.
That's what I've done this weekend. Our porch once had the color of pressure treated wood. Now it is a nice chocolately brown and should last longer. I'd post a pic but I don't know where my USB cord is.
Other fun from the weekend included eating Kuni's! (great as always, and last night they had a seafood salad special that was exra-awesome), eating breakfast at Amy's with somebody from my church (I found Amy's to be as good as everyone said it would be), and watching deathproof (an ok, but not great movie).
Janelle is now out buying sake and is going to make dinner, so that's pretty good, too.
Tomorrow starts three days of bachelor life as (e:Janelle) goes away for work. That means I'll have to scoop cat litter. Bummer.
Other fun from the weekend included eating Kuni's! (great as always, and last night they had a seafood salad special that was exra-awesome), eating breakfast at Amy's with somebody from my church (I found Amy's to be as good as everyone said it would be), and watching deathproof (an ok, but not great movie).
Janelle is now out buying sake and is going to make dinner, so that's pretty good, too.
Tomorrow starts three days of bachelor life as (e:Janelle) goes away for work. That means I'll have to scoop cat litter. Bummer.
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(e:Drew), being a sweet husband, failed to mention that when I replaced the thermostat, I lost the wire in the wall and panicked. Then spent a half hour trying to fish the wire out again with a wire clothes hanger. Then he came home and we finished the project together.
I was bitterly, bitterly disappointed when, I being the one who brought all the tools to our relationship (Dad got me a toolkit for my 20th birthday or so-- screwdriver set, wrenches, electric drill, hammer, level, etc.), my scrawny skinny boyfriend (e:zobar) turned out to be way better at actually using said tools.
But I'm still the one who carries heavy things, especially up stairs, because regardless of gender, a 210-pound person is going to have more luck shifting something heavy than a 135-pound person-- I just got more ass to put into it.
Uh can I borrow (e:janelle) sometime? He's still not all that handy.
gut and skin the dinner
produces bath tubs full of testosterone
arm wrestles
befriends big blue oxen
- Drinks the beer
- Cusses
- Decides who we vote for
- All muscle-y from working out.
PS: I read that once and I was like.. huh? I am always going through this internal readjustment of orienting to what a patriarchal family might feel like, here. Back home, mum does all the crazy electrical rewiring and repairs and general meddling, by default. :)