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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On 10/13/06, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> DH finshed splitting a cord of wood yesterday,


He's got a couple of fir that he's been drying ... for the pergola that he's
> putting up on the front deck.


Liberal snips applied...please send your hubby over when he's done.  A
friend of mine has a beautiful pergola and I'd love to have one on our new
deck that we didn't build ourselves.

We were watching the Red Green show last night on PBS and he closed with the
comment "If you aren't handsome, you better be handy."  I turned to my
husband and told him that he had the first part taken care of, maybe that's
why he's not so great with the rest. We had a chuckle.  Every once in a long
while he'll build something, but it has to be a project that I've waited on
for almost forever and the second requirement is that the project must be
such that it can be completed in a long afternoon.  Being 'handy' just isn't
who he is.  I love him anyway, but I still get a bit envious sometimes when
I hear the projects that other husbands get done.  But then maybe they can't
play a mean blues slide tune and sing a love song.  It's all a trade-off. ;)