The Rainbows and Puppies Thread

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 9:10:17 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

It will be there when you get to it, Driftr.

On the plus side I finally pulled out all the coat hangers things for the kids' jackets that my wife had nailed onto the wall in the laundry room and put them up properly in the studs with screws.

Sick and tired of those things falling out of the wall.

[Spring has spRUng!]

Oct 29, 2012 9:48:29 GMT -5 Driftr said:

On the plus side I finally pulled out all the coat hangers things for the kids' jackets that my wife had nailed onto the wall in the laundry room....

Any chance your wife has a long lost twin sister?!?

If so, I think I'm married to her.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 9:54:47 GMT -5 Spring has spRUng! said:

Oct 29, 2012 9:48:29 GMT -5 Driftr said:

On the plus side I finally pulled out all the coat hangers things for the kids' jackets that my wife had nailed onto the wall in the laundry room....

Any chance your wife has a long lost twin sister?!?

If so, I think I'm married to her.

It's possible. Big Irish family. Suppose they may have misplaced ona long the way.

We're not even talking about long nails here. More like freaking thumb tacks. Baffles the mind sometimes...

[Green Eyed Lady]

We do stuff like that on purpose.

[sunrnr]

Oct 29, 2012 10:12:22 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

We do stuff like that on purpose.

Is that why us men things always seem to be one step behind you women folk muttering "WTH?" under our breath?

[Green Eyed Lady]

LOL!! I guess so! Keep all y'all guessing!

[Green Eyed Lady]

Now some women (not me, of course) would ask and ask for a little job to get done. After being told, "Right after the game, honey." about a million times, a decision is made:

1. Go to laundry room.
2. Put up hooks so crappily that hubby will get disgusted and do it over himself.
3. Next time he says, "Right after the game, honey." you reply, "That's ok! I'll just do it myself."
4. Watch him run to do it before you screw it up again.

See?

PS: I forgot to add the part where we ARE going to use your sacred power tools.

[Steady As She Goes]

Oct 29, 2012 10:12:22 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

We do stuff like that on purpose.

I knew it!!!!!!!!!

It's a conspiracy

[Green Eyed Lady]

Yes. But please keep it under your goggles, Steady. I'd get my woman card taken away for informing.

[Steady As She Goes]

Oct 29, 2012 10:28:57 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

Yes. But please keep it under your goggles, Steady. I'd get my woman card taken away for informing.

got it ... mums the word ;D

I won't tell a soul GEL

[Green Eyed Lady]

And be strong, Steady! Who knows what tactics they will employ to get information.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 10:12:22 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

We do stuff like that on purpose.

I did all the repairs when she was playing tennis Saturday between the kids' soccer games so I wouldn't make the mistake of huffing and puffing around the house in her presence. No need to get myself in trouble.

[Green Eyed Lady]

LOL!! Smart man!

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 11:27:40 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

LOL!! Smart man!

There were a few tense minutes later when she saw what had happened and that one of the seven different hangers she'd had up was no longer up. She went for the hammer and nail and I talked her down from that by showing how I'd managed to set them up for all the jackets and the two backpacks to have their own hanger without a need for the extra.

[Green Eyed Lady]

Talked her down? LOL!! That made me giggle.

See? We can be reasoned with on occasion.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 11:40:40 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

Talked her down? LOL!! That made me giggle.

See? We can be reasoned with on occasion.

As far as annoyance level is measured, she goes from zero to ten really quick. Very little chance to prevent an over-rev once it starts, but if I'm there and I ask her to just wait ten minutes and we can go over everything together, I have a chance. I gave myself 50/50 going in that there would be another hole in the wall before that 10 minutes, but she and her partner won and I think that put her in a better mood.

My presentation skills are improving with time though. Odds used to be like 1/10 of me getting my way without an argument.

[Green Eyed Lady]

lol...have you tried plying her with wine?

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 10:26:55 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

Now some women (not me, of course) would ask and ask for a little job to get done. After being told, "Right after the game, honey." about a million times, a decision is made:

1. Go to laundry room.
2. Put up hooks so crappily that hubby will get disgusted and do it over himself.
3. Next time he says, "Right after the game, honey." you reply, "That's ok! I'll just do it myself."
4. Watch him run to do it before you screw it up again.

See?

PS: I forgot to add the part where we ARE going to use your sacred power tools.

I'm familiar with the tactic and can confirm that it works.

[Green Eyed Lady]

Course it works. It's been tweaked and perfected over time.

[Spring has spRUng!]

Oct 29, 2012 11:44:45 GMT -5 Driftr said:

As far as annoyance level is measured, she goes from zero to ten really quick. Very little chance to prevent an over-rev once it starts,

I seriously think I'm married to her twin sister.

[Green Eyed Lady]

Yeah, right. Like that sweet woman has no reason to be annoyed.

[Spring has spRUng!]

Oct 29, 2012 12:10:15 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

Yeah, right. Like that sweet woman has no reason to be annoyed.

She's blessed to have me in her life.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 11:51:30 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

lol...have you tried plying her with wine?

Ha! Yeah.

Scenario: Meet her at the garage door with a glass of wine and say 'Hi honey, why don't you come sit on the couch so I can hear about your tennis match and massage your feet? Oh, and by the way, I re-installed the hooks in the laundry room so that the thumbtacks (aka mini-nails) you used to half-assedly put up way too many hooks for way too many jackets will stop tearing the wall all to hell when they inevitably get ripped out'.

Next time...

[Green Eyed Lady]

Well? You had a great start. You needed to hit the off switch right after the "massage" part.

If you need any more assistance, you know where to find me.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 10:28:57 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

Yes. But please keep it under your goggles, Steady. I'd get my woman card taken away for informing.

I won't tell either, but I'm going to need to force myself to keep making smaller and smaller mistakes. If I don't, she'll suspect something's up.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 13:39:34 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

Well? You had a great start. You needed to hit the off switch right after the "massage" part.

If you need any more assistance, you know where to find me.

The part after the massage is to still screw up a little so I don't show too much improvement all at once or she'll know I've got someone coaching me.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 12:09:16 GMT -5 Spring has spRUng! said:

Oct 29, 2012 11:44:45 GMT -5 Driftr said:

As far as annoyance level is measured, she goes from zero to ten really quick. Very little chance to prevent an over-rev once it starts,

I seriously think I'm married to her twin sister.

[Driftr]

Oct 29, 2012 12:21:23 GMT -5 Spring has spRUng! said:

Oct 29, 2012 12:10:15 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

Yeah, right. Like that sweet woman has no reason to be annoyed.

She's blessed to have me in her life.

I hear ya secret BIL. I hear ya.

[Green Eyed Lady]

The part after the massage is to still screw up a little so I don't show too much improvement all at once or she'll know I've got someone coaching me.

Excellent point! I didn't think of that. We must keep you messing up just a little.

Sorry for any pain you may suffer as a result.

[Green Eyed Lady]

She's blessed to have me in her life.

I hear ya secret BIL. I hear ya.

*puts on waders*