New to Piecing II

[COG]

Brandnewday,

You are more then welcome to come and get rid of my weeds and fertilize my grass any time!!!

Fine, but I don't do windows.

Nic,
She's not anti-pesticide, just a control freak, like you! Funny, she complains about me pruning the plants too much. Bother's me a little because I'm a farm boy, I know how to grow things. Anyway, I'm learning though, I know better than to short circuit her gardening. Before the bomb, I was the yard guy. Neighbor once said I was the only guy he ever knew that manicured his lawn. Well if you listened to W, you'd think I NEVER mowed a lawn. Patience brother, patience.

You said that she doesn't want to talk about the problems in your M--what other problems are there besides sex?

Well sex is the only linguiring one right now. But it's always been hard to get her to discuss things because she used to get very defensive and emotional. She's changed a lot though, it's much easier to talk and works through things. Just not sex, YET!

AMD,

So I finished stripping wallpaper in the bathroom this weekend. On Saturday, the electrical breaker switch flipped off, it's been happening fairly regularly. Normally you just go out to the breaker box and switch it back on and everything's good. Well, that did'nt work this time. We could'nt get it back on. I felt the light switch and it was warm so I said "Uh OH, I think we have a problem, better call an electrician". W does'nt say anything but I can tell the hair stood up on her back. She stomps around playing with things, but I can tell she's frustrated. So I ask her what's up, and she goes into this long lecture about how she know's how to fix things, and how I need to trust her intuition sometimes, and how it's just the switch and she'll change it tomorrow. OK, so I bow to the confidence, apologize for ???, and say your right, it probably is just the switch. But I know, it's probably more than just the switch.

So next day, she goes to change the switch. I ask, "are you sure you've turned the right breaker off, because if you did'nt you'll get a heck of a wake up call?" So I get a very short "YES". Well I'm standing there watching and nervous, and sure enough she pulls on a wire and VVVZZZZ, flame and sparks. Thankfully she was holding a rubber handle so no injuries. But it was clear that the problem was much worse than just a new switch.

Does she say, "I'm sorry", "you were right", "it was more than just the switch", "sorry for the lecture last night", sorry for being such a twit". No, nothing, just "I guess we better call Joe electrician tomorrow."

Patience, I pray for patience, strength, and courage. I am much bigger than this. I can look through the mire and see her beauty. We had a very fun weekend despite a few problems. A typical, productive and fun weekend. No complaints just wanted to share a little.

Best part of the weekend was that I finally got my rifle sighted in.

God Bless,

COG