I tend to be the keeper of the tools in this house too. DH didn't have any when we first moved in together but I had quite a collection from doing fine art at uni (needed to make canvas stretchers like staple guns and a handsaw... even drawing and tapestry required a few tools like tape measures, specialty rulers and plumb bolts etc). For Mothers Day I got a Whipper Snipper, at my request. To be honest I get a bit antsy when DH uses the lawn mower too. He's a typical bloke and generally too rough with tools.... and he doesn't clean them properly after using them It's quite annoying to go to use the lawn mower and it's covered in dirt... I lovingly hose out the catcher and put a wire brush to the wheels to get off every last bit of caked on grass etc. I dream of a shed. DH could take or leave it. He likes chopping wood though... i don't do that job.
Girly tools: hmmm.... I have seen them around... but I like things to age well with use and I worry that they will fail to keep looking good. I adore paisley though. When it comes to metal things I like to buy things that keep getting better with age and that can be given a good scrub/polish and look perfect again. It's a problem I have.
mmm a shed. I would like a shed too - I had one but I got home from my class a couple of months ago and found it turned into a gym. All my stuff was squashed together up the back. DH just doesn't get that for a shed to be functional one needs space to move around - having to squeeze in behind the wheel-barrow to get something doesn't cut it, and speaking of the wheel-barrow, he filled it with stuff, *sigh* a wheel-barrow needs to left empty to be properly functional.
I got me a double garage with a smaller room attached at the side - it's WONDERFUL. All the everyday stuff goes in the side part and all my furniture (to be reno'd) fits in the shed and I can work on it in there too.
Oh definitely... you gotta store the wheelbarrow empty and ready for use!!! I also put an old sheet over the lawn mower to stop dirt coming through gaps in the woodshed roof (it's under a huge pine tree). DH also gave me a lovely pair of pruning shears for Xmas... mmm... love tools.... I think I fancy a drill next...
hehe i am totally the odd one out.
My DH leaves his tools in the house and it drives me bonkers, and anything that would require me to use a hammer.. DH would rather me leave it for him to do
With the lawn mower i dont even know how to turn the freakin thing on LOL
hehe i wish i was like u ladies and could be useful LOL
Stevie: I don't drive so I figure if i can do some other jobs instead I feel less of a burden to DH I don't know how to fill a car with petrol.... honestly... not the first thing... unless it was asking the service station attendant to do it like in the old days LOL
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It's quite annoying to go to use the lawn mower and it's covered in dirt... I lovingly hose out the catcher and put a wire brush to the wheels to get off every last bit of caked on grass etc. I dream of a shed. DH could take or leave it. He likes chopping wood though... i don't do that job.
I don't know how to fill a car with petrol.... honestly... not the first thing... unless it was asking the service station attendant to do it like in the old days LOL
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