This might seem like one of those "greatest weaknesses" that you bring up in a job interview, the kind that you can't really find anything wrong with because it's not a weakness at all. But it really does have it's downside (Kolby would agree.) For example, I become obsessed with that thing and cannot think of anything else until it is done. Can't sleep. Can't finish up whatever I was doing first. And I don't necessarily have the patience to learn how to do it correctly, so if it doesn't start turning out the way I envisioned it, I might just abandon it.
But it also can serve me well. Like last week when Kolby was traveling I decided I wanted the new kitchen faucet installed right then. And so I figured it out. It took 4 trips to ACE Hardware and a couple of phone calls to my dad, as well as a few towels to sop up the water that sprayed all over because I didn't tighten things up enough, but I did it. And now I have a lovely new faucet.
This is not about the kitchen sink though. Today I found a screaming deal on a shag rug for my living room. It's all rolled up in my car right now, and try as I may, I cannot carry it from the car to my house by myself. Which means I have to wait another 90 minutes for Kolby to get home from work. You have no idea how much pain this causes me. No patience.
4 comments:
I'm so impressed with your DIY faucet! I would never be able to do anything like that remotely right and I am the worst at reading directions. Very cool that you installed your own faucet! I hope your new rug is in the house and that you love it!
You need a wagon. Then you only have to hoist it from the car to the wagon and then you get a blanket and put it on the floor at your house door. Then you only have to hoist the rug from the wagon to the blanket. Then you can slide it using the blanket to wherever you want in the house. You're lucky cuz you have hardwoods so this trick works throughout your whole house. There have been a few times my plan to move something heavy myself has been stalled at the carpet line. Then I too have to wait for Don to get home. And by the way, your obsessive need to do it NOW is neither a strength nor a weakness - it's genetic so you can't help yourself. That means you get a free pass.
Genetic. I agree.
Soul sister...this is me to a T. :)
Nice faucet!
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