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