I had held off on the house with stripping wallpaper and painting due to two reasons:
emotional - we always worked on projects together and had a good time plus before we got married, I completely painted and wallpapered our first house before she moved in (after the wedding). I wanted her to have a nice place.
time - although I could've made time, there have been so many activities with the kids so I always felt worn out
Enough excuses. Imageer, you are right. I have started to write up a project plan to address all of the house needs that I can work on. The other things like carpeting, I will wait until money is available and a good sale comes up.
I do thing that if she saw the house in nice condition she would be much more pleased. I think it bothers her and it surprises her that I would not take care of it considering I typically dont wait to fix things.
On laughter, I would agree that it is much more desirable than moping. Yuck!
Me:56, W:51 D:26,S:24,S:22 Married:18 Bomb 9/27/06 Separated 11/27/06 Divorced 10/6/08 Leaving it up to God