This man is driving me insane!!!! He had 4 days off - we still need to finish painting the kitchen and there are areas that I have no way of reaching because, yes, I am short. He kept saying I (meaning himself) really need to get in there and get that finished all 4 days he said that......so TODAY he decides to get in there and start taping off the area I can't get to at 645p. I have softball game at 830p......I just don't get this.
Are all men this way for real??? He sits in his chair and makes these puffing noises and I ask him what's up? He states that he really needs to be doing something so I am just sitting there looking at him and saying to myself well get up and do something. I just don't get it. So I believe my answer to that will be tomorrow after I get home from errands I am going to start painting the kitchen because I can tell you right now he isn't going to do it. He just turned out the lights so what was the reason to tape it off and not paint? Because I am still short and can't reach that area to paint.
I know there is alot to do to this house but when it gets done it will be the way we want it. He doesn't get that you have to do either a little at a time (especially when you are doing most of it yourself) or DAM IT open up that billfold and hire someone to do it in a timely manner.
On Monday I told him to take the back off the TV cabinet and when I got back from eye appointment we would remove the TV that was in there and put in my flat screen. All that needed to be done was taking 6, yes count them, 6 screws out of the back and then just pull the back off. Well guess what I went to eye appointment and also went to fill out a job application and came back and it wasn't done. I didn't say a DAM thing. So on Tuesday, I went walking with a dear friend, ran a few errands and had lunch. Came back to the house and had her help me remove the back, move the heavy ass TV put the flat screen in its place and hook everything up. And we DID it!!! So I left the back of the TV panel off for him to put back because the screws were stripped even before we started unscrewing them. So he gets home I am in the kitchen getting dinner started, he says hello, I say hello. Then he comes back into the kitchen and stands next to me and gives me the "eye". He says...so you couldn't wait for me....I say well it didn't get done yesterday like it was supposed to be done, he says well I got sidetracked (for everyone's info he didn't do a damn thing on Monday other than cut some rose bushes back) so what he got sidetracked with I have no idea. He says well I had the drill plugged in - and of course when I went out in the garage it was no longer plugged in. I just don't get it.
I am still boggled over the taping off incident and not getting to the painting. So I guess I will surprise him again and be painting when he gets home. Oh, by the way I never told him my friend helped me with the TV situation....lmao
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Before Living with Man
Here is some history of me.
I am a 40 something woman that has not lived with a man since she was 20. I have been married (once) and divorced (once). I have one child (now a grownup). After a quick failed marriage; my hopes were to find "the RIGHT one" and as everyone knows that isn't easy whether you are a woman or a man. And if you are lucky to find that "right one" you don't let go or sit there wondering "why me?". I have had the occasional boyfriend and yes they have stayed over for a few days but the wonderful part was knowing that they had somewhere to go when you were tired of them being around your place all the time; and I am sure they felt the same way.
No one is easy to live with. Everyone needs their own space in one way or another. So "Living with Man" is going to be about my experience of doing just that for the first time in over 20 years. Pray for me; laugh with me; and cry with me. This is going to be one hell of a ride and right now I am going to hold on with both hands until I feel more comfortable taking the ride with both hands in the air.
One of my favorite movie quotes is from the Grandma in the movie "Parenthood" she talks about roller coasters: I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it.
I think of that quote whenever I think of commitment.
So to give you a little background on the situation.
I am moving in with a man. A grown, older man. Children are all grown and he has several grandchildren. We were introduced through a high school friend of mine that was his neighbor. Since we have met he has sold the house he was in and bought a smaller, older house. Looking forward to putting my stamp on it for sure. He has been divorced 3 times and has 3 children. And getting moved in has been an experience already. I have painted every room except for the kitchen and spare bathroom as of today. I move in this Friday which will be an experience itself. Already there has been hair pulling on my end because every time I ask for something major: like an island for the kitchen that is huge with no counter space he needs to think about it; that is what I have been hearing alot "let me think about it". So we will see how this goes. Wish me luck!!
I am a 40 something woman that has not lived with a man since she was 20. I have been married (once) and divorced (once). I have one child (now a grownup). After a quick failed marriage; my hopes were to find "the RIGHT one" and as everyone knows that isn't easy whether you are a woman or a man. And if you are lucky to find that "right one" you don't let go or sit there wondering "why me?". I have had the occasional boyfriend and yes they have stayed over for a few days but the wonderful part was knowing that they had somewhere to go when you were tired of them being around your place all the time; and I am sure they felt the same way.
No one is easy to live with. Everyone needs their own space in one way or another. So "Living with Man" is going to be about my experience of doing just that for the first time in over 20 years. Pray for me; laugh with me; and cry with me. This is going to be one hell of a ride and right now I am going to hold on with both hands until I feel more comfortable taking the ride with both hands in the air.
One of my favorite movie quotes is from the Grandma in the movie "Parenthood" she talks about roller coasters: I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it.
I think of that quote whenever I think of commitment.
So to give you a little background on the situation.
I am moving in with a man. A grown, older man. Children are all grown and he has several grandchildren. We were introduced through a high school friend of mine that was his neighbor. Since we have met he has sold the house he was in and bought a smaller, older house. Looking forward to putting my stamp on it for sure. He has been divorced 3 times and has 3 children. And getting moved in has been an experience already. I have painted every room except for the kitchen and spare bathroom as of today. I move in this Friday which will be an experience itself. Already there has been hair pulling on my end because every time I ask for something major: like an island for the kitchen that is huge with no counter space he needs to think about it; that is what I have been hearing alot "let me think about it". So we will see how this goes. Wish me luck!!
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