Not from around here

Being a homeowner has certainly created a new type of busy life for us.  AlmostHusband has decided projects around the house is his new hobby; frankly, I can’t complain.  He has created extensive lists to detail what he’d like to do around the house.  By the time we move, this place is going to be worth a million bucks! He’ll probably have dug a canal to Lake Erie by the time we move in 4 or 5 years.  Here are his lists:

I like to contribute to the list, too.  I wrote something in blue…

It says, “Flowers for Jessika and Annie”.  Yes, for me and the dog.  I told him it was her suggestion, I just wrote it.  Note how it’s not yet crossed off….

I might actually be a little more versed in some areas than he is, though, just by default.  My dad did a lot of work around the house, and he expected me to help.  I know how to change my oil faster than a lot of guys (not to say that I actually do this anymore, but I can) and same with tires.  I worked in a hardware store for 2 years, too.  So when AlmostHusband said he was going to “culk” the inset lights in our living room, I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Did you mean ‘CAULK’ them?” I asked, laughing but trying to hold back the hysterical laughter.

Long pause.  Fake hysterical laughter from him as he mocks me, then turns completely serious. “Nooo, I mean CULK.  There’s an L, you know.”

I walked away, laughing.  When I got home from my friend’s bachelorette party and we were catching up, he told me about his mini Lowe’s shopping spree.  He bought 2 fire extinguishers (I wanted one in the kitchen because it seems safe, but honestly, how many houses actually have FULL SIZE ones in the kitchen? Now we can extinguish fires clear across the neighborhood, hehe) epoxy for the garage floors, cleaning brooms, wood stain stripper, and CAULK.  Yes, he said it correctly.

I laughed again because he knew I was right all along…and because it would have been hilarious to see the guy at Lowe’s ask him what “culk” was. He’s a nice guy to humor me and let me lovingly tease him, isn’t he?

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