HP,
Uuuhhmm, well, I'm mostly itching these days. The prednisone is starting to work on the rash, but I'm getting dry skin now instead, which IMHO isn't much better. The stuff they gave me to relieve the itching does it by knocking me out. That's just great, but it kind of gets in the way of accomplishing ANYTHING.

I hear you on the painting. The "pros" charge an exorbitant fee for it, and then turn around and use college students or the equivalent to do the painting, and guess what, they don't do any better job than you do (and much worse if you've gotten good at it). Outside painting on a two story house, between the scraping and climbing ladders is near the threshold of pain, so I've hired out for that, but inside painting....well they just charge waaay too much money for what you get, IMHO that is.

HP, you can come by and sit around my pool with your glistening bod any time you please

Maybe it's time to train your H to be the cabana boy??