Domestic Rule #4: Threaten to do it yourself

If you want something done right, threaten to do it yourself. Now, I'm as much of a feminist as anyone out there, but there's something to be said for letting somebody else do all the hard work. Somebody else is defined as "your husband."

And there are times when the only way to do it right IS to do it yourself. In fact, maybe even all the time. But we can all accept a less-than-perfect-job if we didn't have to do it.

We needed a new kitchen floor. Badly. I dropped hints. I pushed Paul into the flooring section of Lowe's and Home Depot and oohed and aahed. He mainly oohed over the prices.

So I went out and bought those little sticky vinyl tiles you just put right down over the old floor. I had about six of them and was trying to figure out what colors I was going to do.

"You. Are. Not. Putting. Those. Down. In. This. House." he said. But I kept moving forward with the project. The next thing I know, I have a date to go to all the DIY stores and pick out porcelain tile.

It's gorgeous. And though I probably would not have used the sponge dedicated to bathing horses to apply the sealer, he did an excellent job. (There are so many horsehairs in it that it almost qualifies for carpet.)

I could have done it. But why?

Comments

[lori]

dang hunny - I allus knew you was smart!

[Anne]

Learned it all from you!