Ivan the Butcher
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The wife has set February 29th as her last day of work. This Monday she started on making me do the infamous "Honey Do List" that retired men get from their wives.
First on Monday I had to do something about the Smoke/CO Alarm in the basement chirping! That was $153 and change at Menard's to pick up new Alarms for the whole condo. These are the ones with the 10-year battery. Then 5 shin bruising trips up the work ladder to remove the old alarms, remove the old mounting rings, and install new rings and twist on the alarms. Recycle the old batteries and recycle the alarms.
She did help.
Then yesterday, 2 little 8-ounce sample jars of room paint appear at my seat at the dinner table. There is a dark spot that looks like a Tick walking up the wall in the guest bathroom. It is where the paint and mud have popped off a drywall screw head. So, I figure out which color of the two nearly identical jars it is. Use a carpenter's pencil to stir the paint and get a glop of thick "mud like" paint on the tip of my index finger. Smush it on the screw head, smooth it out and clean up. 6 hours and repeat. Clean up supplies and return the sample jars to the shelf in the basement.
Looks fair! She didn't help.
Today, I have to fill out a check from My checkbook and mail the property taxes.
I'm telling you, she's on a roll! And It Is Cutting Into My Nap Time! If she makes this a regular occurrence, People will think I do stuff! And it is still 44 days until she retires! What happens then?
Ivan
First on Monday I had to do something about the Smoke/CO Alarm in the basement chirping! That was $153 and change at Menard's to pick up new Alarms for the whole condo. These are the ones with the 10-year battery. Then 5 shin bruising trips up the work ladder to remove the old alarms, remove the old mounting rings, and install new rings and twist on the alarms. Recycle the old batteries and recycle the alarms.
She did help.
Then yesterday, 2 little 8-ounce sample jars of room paint appear at my seat at the dinner table. There is a dark spot that looks like a Tick walking up the wall in the guest bathroom. It is where the paint and mud have popped off a drywall screw head. So, I figure out which color of the two nearly identical jars it is. Use a carpenter's pencil to stir the paint and get a glop of thick "mud like" paint on the tip of my index finger. Smush it on the screw head, smooth it out and clean up. 6 hours and repeat. Clean up supplies and return the sample jars to the shelf in the basement.
Looks fair! She didn't help.
Today, I have to fill out a check from My checkbook and mail the property taxes.
I'm telling you, she's on a roll! And It Is Cutting Into My Nap Time! If she makes this a regular occurrence, People will think I do stuff! And it is still 44 days until she retires! What happens then?
Ivan
.......that's grounds for divorce.
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