tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post932993330152387164..comments2023-11-18T11:24:52.834-08:00Comments on Tales from the Den of Chaos: I have lost my ever-lovin’ mindMother of Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-69303915260270599202007-08-30T05:19:00.000-07:002007-08-30T05:19:00.000-07:00Ow, you made my back hurt just reading about all t...Ow, you made my back hurt just reading about all that. Do not - I repeat, DO NOT - try to be wonder woman! The work party idea is a grand one, or getting some healthy young neighborhood kids to work for food...we got an entire garage built just by feeding three college co-ops one summer! Groceries are a small price to pay for saving your body extra pain it doesn't need. Just think - what if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-6727263351297903392007-08-30T00:37:00.000-07:002007-08-30T00:37:00.000-07:00I feel your pain! On the one hand, my brain says ...I feel your pain! On the one hand, my brain says "any reasonable person could do this so I will do this"; on the other hand my body goes, "You idiot! You are too weak! You've never recovered your strength from the shingles 3 years ago. Look at what happened to your back?".<BR/><BR/>The brain usually wins.<BR/><BR/>- PamPipneyJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361733342528469517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-44592465853413371742007-08-29T22:12:00.000-07:002007-08-29T22:12:00.000-07:00So this means you pick up the phone or email your ...So this means you pick up the phone or email your loving friends who will arrive for a work party. You provide the yummy food and drinks and you get cheap labor! At least we could not eat or drink $2400 worth.RM Kahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625754646053162088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-74652876069865180872007-08-29T19:23:00.000-07:002007-08-29T19:23:00.000-07:00We don't do home improvement. However, I wish my ...We don't do home improvement. However, I wish my significant other had acknowledged this failing before we eviscerated the one bathroom with a bathtub... a year ago.Amy Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-61928044740357084952007-08-29T17:07:00.000-07:002007-08-29T17:07:00.000-07:00Uh huh. That's how I stayed up for three days til...Uh huh. That's how I stayed up for three days tiling the kitchen counters. Oh, and got a permanent crick in my neck plastering and priming and painting the ceilings. And wore out my knees installing the floor. And, um, knocked off my thumbnail installing baseboards. I've reached the "Just pay the damned guy already" phase, and I couldn't be happier. Still, $2400 to spread a little sand Yarnhoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06625926254864861603noreply@blogger.com