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sbj405 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 10:41 PM
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I suck at home improvements
:cry:

Everything I do ends up worse. My SO hates it.

I need a hug.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 10:43 PM
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1. sorry...:)
:hug: it happens, I'm not all that great either, but I live and learn, and know my limits(which are limited anyways!)...:)
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sbj405 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 10:44 PM
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2. I thought it was within my limits.
I'm just trying to finish up the kitchen. It will be nice when I'm done, but I think he wishes I never started. sigh.
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 10:47 PM
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3. BIG HUG!!!!
:grouphug:
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 12:30 AM
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4. I'm in the middle of home improvement projects I'm wondering why I started
Edited on Sat Aug-26-06 12:31 AM by Strawman
I sympathize totally. I hate doing this shit and I'm sure I suck worse at it if that's any small consolation.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 12:32 AM
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5. you and me both.
let's go have a beer and figure out who we can hire to fix it.
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Porcupine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 01:47 AM
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8. You rang? Ok, tell the handyman what the problem is...........
seriously, that's my job.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 12:39 AM
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6. Hang in there, and remember..
as far as home improvements go, it truly is darkest before the dawn! Once you clean up, your SO will be happy...just remind them to be patient!
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 01:20 AM
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7. Tons of sympathy here
:grouphug:

new rule at my house - no more home improvement, just repairs and doing over what I goofed up last year.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 07:26 AM
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9. it'll be ok...
i'm not good at that stuff either -- you are not alone!
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carlydenise Donating Member (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 07:57 AM
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10. We are finshing a kitchen today
first time putting up a mosaic ceramic tile backspash. Never tried this before, hopefully it will be o.k..too expensive of a project to screw up. On another note, last weekend we put crown moulding on top of our cabinets, OMG, we wasted about half the moulding just to figure out how to cut the angles correctly so the corner pieces would fit together! We had to order more moulding...We are not carpenters at all.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 08:21 AM
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11. My tool box is the Yellow Pages.
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