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johnmacnab
Not this woman...! Perhaps I should have taken a leaf out of Ell's book, or mum's.
posted by
mneme
on January 8, 2008 at 3:15 AM
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Re: mneme
Your mother won that round, mneme, and probably every other one - as women are wont to do.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2008 at 7:46 PM
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Johnmacnab, this sounds like a fairly archetypal exchange :) Reading it, I remembered my mother painting the ceiling, years ago. My father was a heavy smoker in those days and she'd kept on at him to paint the living room ceiling, and he'd kept putting it off. Then he went to the match one Saturday, after they'd had words about it again. 'Right,' she said, and got out the steps, a four-inch paintbrush, and white paint. After three hours she'd done a strip about three feet wide, and when dad came back, he took one look at it, found a roller and paint tray, and finished it in an hour. Not quite sure who won that round...
posted by
mneme
on January 7, 2008 at 12:56 PM
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cpklapper
Er......em......I don't think it will come to me taking her along with me to pick the tiles, CP. it will more of "guess what I've ordered, darling; they are being delivered this afternoon?" And when it comes to the flowers and chablis? I think she should be buying them for me - what a dream world I live in.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 24, 2007 at 6:59 AM
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I have to side with Ell on this one
Best thing for you is to bring her along to pick out the tile. Then, when you have installed them, or had them installed, buy her some flowers, some scented bubble bath or salts, chill some chablis and make a nice night of it.
Carl Peter
posted by
cpklapper
on November 23, 2007 at 7:06 PM
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Krisles
Thank you indeed, Krisles - especially for the compliment.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 23, 2007 at 4:55 PM
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TAPS
In a real, live flood I would drown, TAPS - but at least I would know what it was going to feel like.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 23, 2007 at 4:53 PM
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Pat
Methinks you are watching to many PBS TV programmes, Pat. I am a great believer in getting a professional to do things, but apparently I can tile a bathroom. At least so I am told, and to prove it, Ell rhymes off all the DIY jobs I have done in previous homes (when I was about a thousand years younger) Not to worry Pat, I am a great procrastinator, but I do like the fuzzy slipper picture.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 22, 2007 at 3:42 PM
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John
Ell was just doing what we women have always done....made the lemonade! My kind of woman.....thinks on her feet....and that's why things always work out the way they should! She's just making sure your castle is as comfy and beautiful as you deserve
Loved the post.....you have the greatest way with painting the picture and getting the genuine laugh, you never fail to leave me with a grin.
posted by
Krisles
on November 22, 2007 at 3:20 PM
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Johnmacnab
I just hate it when something in the house floods. I would never make it through a real, honest-to-goodness flood I think. But, people do, don't they.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 22, 2007 at 3:11 PM
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jacenta
Thank you very much for your good wishes, jacenta. Have a fabulous Thanksgiving yourself.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 22, 2007 at 3:00 PM
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Whacky & Bo
I can see that you've been in this position yourself, Whacky. We.....make that
Ell, hasn't chosen them yet, and luckily for me, there is a snowstorm today so I'll have a couple of days to cool down
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 22, 2007 at 2:58 PM
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afzal
Thanks, afzal. I like that description.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 22, 2007 at 2:56 PM
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If my recent TV viewing is in any way related to reality
the new tile in the bathroom will increase your asking price and will eventually prove profitable, should you decide to relocate. And if you and Ell are staying put and worshipping at the throne of the do-it-yourself diety, (which is not exactly the porcelain throne that lives in the room that carries your name) -- then the new tile will be beautiful and an excuse to tuck your toes into fuzzy slippers before entering the throne room.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 22, 2007 at 5:15 AM
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johnmacnab
Although you may have already celebrated Thanksgiving there, Happy Thanksgiving to you and Ell even if belatedly and enjoy your new tile and such! 
posted by
jacentaOld
on November 21, 2007 at 11:35 PM
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Sooo have you picked out the new tile yet?
Some roses
from Bo =^..^= the wonder dog and Me! ya know Whacky!
posted by
Whacky
on November 21, 2007 at 8:47 PM
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Captivating !
posted by
afzal50
on November 21, 2007 at 8:31 PM
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ginnieb
Funnily enough, ginnie, when I asked Ell what the correct description was for a husband who killed his wife, I got a frightened look in reply. It is a word I've never heard in my life before. The thing that gets me about Ell's 'thinking' is that she knows and I know she will get her way.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 21, 2007 at 8:17 PM
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Haha!! Great word, Mac!!
Uxoricide! I admit I had to look up the meaning! Poor Ell...she's only trying to be rational as every woman
is...I means
tries to be! I like her explanations!
She's good!!! Haha!!
posted by
ginnieb
on November 21, 2007 at 4:48 PM
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