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Archive through January 24, 2004

The TVClubHouse: Archives: 2004 January - Arpil: My Husband Is Driving Me Crazy!: Archive through January 24, 2004 users admin

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Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Dee should sell the paint rollers and send the money to Ketchuplover.

Tabbyking

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GAL, is this where we got the expression, "put a sock in it!"?

Deesandy

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just for the record, I am not stewing or stressing about the rollers in the shower. As a matter of fact, it isn't even the one I use! At this point I find it comical and have enjoyed all the comments, even the negitive ones. What started out as wondering "what the heck" has made me reflect on what is and is not important in the big picture. I could not care less if the rollers stayed there for a week! I am sure that something else will come along that my husband will do that will make me forget all about the rollers...

Like the time he didn't tell me that the truck we borrowed had a broken gas gauge and I ran out of gas on the way to pick up our daughter from pre-school! We ended up being 30 minutes late getting her. I got over it.

Not to mention that I am not perfect by any means. I am sure he has plenty of things he shakes his head at when it comes to me!

We make a great couple overall and are the best of friends. As a matter of fact, we are on a path to wonderful accomplishments!

Tabby, I did think your reference was cute!!!

Tabbyking

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
if you think my reference was cute, you oughta see my circumference!

Deesandy

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Celebrity Mole is on you guys! Be back at the commercial...

Deesandy

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had a roommate who was heavy into the dating scene. All she wanted was a man. She had a cute boyfriend but he broke up with her for a reason I do not recall. She was on the lookout for someone as cute or cuter. She was very obvious and very much a bar fly.

One night she hooked up with a guy who was average looking. I believe the appeal was that he is a doctor-just starting out but a doctor nonetheless.

They began a relationship and she moved out of state with him to help start his business. No ring, no promise of marriage but she went. She told me that she was willing to take this chance and she said it was the first time she had given a nice guy a chance.

That stuck with me. Give the nice guy a chance.

I was in a relationship at the time. He was a bit of a bad boy with lots of luggage and issues. I was to save him you know, to help make all of the badness go away.

It got worse.

So anyway, he was gone and out of my life when I met my husband to be. Who is a nice guy. A really nice guy. When we met I was not interested in dating or relationships at all. This guy lived 1200 miles away. I figured my chances of seeing him more than once was not likely and I was quite relaxed around him. I was completely myself, not turning on any charm looking for ways to get this person interested in me. After all, he was a nice guy and I had to date only been with not so nice guys.

We met at a wedding. I stood up for my girlfriend and he stood up for his friend. We were paired together. We had great conversations and took a walk and I was very relaxed. I figured I would never see this guy again!

We exchanged info, because that is the protocol for such situations. He went away to Canada to visit family there. From Canada he found a way to email me. He wanted to come back and see me before going to Florida.

I wasn’t doing anything and I figured why not. We got together and spent lots of time talking. One thing leads to another and we went from friendship to emotion-ship just like that. I actually wasn’t expecting that to happen. The nice guy was perusing me hot and heavy and I did nothing to stop it, still unsure where all of this would lead.

He went back to Florida and I missed him. We talked on the phone and emailed constantly. We learned more about each other this way than if we had dated for months.

I gave a nice guy a chance and I married him. It all happened so fast!

We met in July.

We moved in together in December.

He asked me to marry him one week later.

I said yes.

We began planning the wedding.

I became pregnant in February.

I miscarried.

His father died in July.

I became pregnant again three days after he died.

We married in September; one year and two months after we had met.

We had a baby in March.

So you see, we are still getting to know each other. We still are learning how to live with each other and how to be good to each other. We talk all the time and we work out our issues together. We really feel like it is us against the world sometimes but knowing that we are tightly bonded gives a feeling of power. We feel that together there isn’t anything we can’t do! We are devoted to having a wonderful life, of caring for our family, and to working out the wrinkles.

We are not perfect. Together we are awesome!

Mamie316

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've been married for almost 24 years and I still feel sometimes like I don't know everything about my husband! You have the right attitude, you have to work at it, everyday. It has to be your priority.We always laugh when people are so amazed that we have been married this long. We both say, well, that's what you are supposed to do. We work at it and I will say, there are days that he just makes me crazy!

Herckleperckle

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Deesandy

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 9:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't even figure out how to post a photo and you do something cute like that Herck! ")

Lancecrossfire

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 10:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dee--I think you both have an excellent approach and an excellent attitude about each other and being together.

I have a feeling the paint rollers will be a story you both tell later in life with a smile on your face.

Goddess--maybe it's just the way I take the emotion out of painting and cleaning up?:)

Deesandy

Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 7:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Update:

The paint rollers are out of the shower.

They are now in the bathroom sink!

There is a little bit of paint stained on the shower floor.

Of course I am going to clean the floor and put the rollers away without mentioning it.

Thanks everyone!

Deesandy

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FYI...the paint rollers are still in the sink! LOL

Wargod

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Dee! My sis and I had a conversation earlier that fits right here about our husbands. Rarely do I seriously complain about my husband. Even when he's driving me nuts, I can find something to laugh about.

Anyways, I was telling sis that I spent an hour this morning with a broom sweeping my living room carpet. She asked why I was using the broom and not the vacuum, and I told her about my vacuum needing to have the belt fixed. The vacuum has been sitting right next to the front door for almost a week. The new belts are sitting on the kitchen counter. Hubby has been telling me he will replace the belt tonight...every night for a week, lol. I finally got tired of waiting and swept, but if this goes on much longer, I will replace it myself, and at that point we'll have big big problems since I should never be allowed near a tool, LOL.

Sis' gripe is that she bought her hubby a rolling tool chest for Christmas. It's been sitting in her kitchen since then, empty. Tools are scattered throughout the house and the shed, and he has the tool box locked so she can't load it up, lol. She had been so excited about this tool chest because it meant he could put everything in there and put the tool chest in the shed. Husbands, aren't they fun?

Landi

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i've been watching this, and you must have the patience of a saint. cuz i know i'd say "get your d*mn paint rollers outta my sink (shower, etc...)!!!" and he'd have gotten his sock picked up too, back when we had the sock thread. i've learned that my family will just let it sit and sit and sit. so i have to nudge or nag or gripe to get it put away or taken out!

Herckleperckle

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Remember the Godfather movie (I, II or III?), when the horse's head was placed in the bed? Well, just sayin' deesandy, have you thought of popping those babies in a ziploc bag and putting them under the covers on his side of the bed? <Imagine appropriate music when the pulled-back covers reveal . . . the paint brushes and rollers!!!!>

Actually, I'd much prefer to hear how the Karuuna sweet-talking works on your sensitive dh!

Which do you think would leave the greater impression?

Deesandy

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
*ahem*

We do a whole lot of what you are suggesting so it would not be very effective. Maybe if I offered to play video games that would work...

*groan*

Tabbyking

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
wargod, it's tremendously easy to change a vacuum cleaner belt!

Resortgirl

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tabby, You must have a different kind of vacuum then I've ever had... I'm pretty handy but vacuum cleaner belts suck! I've broken nails, got my fingers stuck, practically got a hernia.... LOL! What kind do you have anyway!??

Reader234

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
struggle....

compromise,

breathe

count to 10

get over it...


grumble, ramble, grrrrrrrrrroooowwwwwwlllllllll


and that is all I should say about it!

Herckleperckle

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Video games!!!

That reminds me of the Christmas my dh took over my son's Pacman game and got so addicted he couldn't stop playing for days and days--until he developed trigger finger and had to have surgery to correct it!

Ok, I'll share my current non-fixup event.

We rent an apartment, which is very nice. The kitchen is great and the stove has all kinds of bells and whistles, but I absolutely hate the broiler unit. I use it constantly as I broil a lot. It's a separate unit--the kind with the drawer situated just below the oven section. The drawer has always been kind of balky, so I have to really pull on it to open it.

Anyway, a week ago, the door finally had had enough of my yanking and came apart. First the handle and then the 'face' sheet of metal that covers up the actual broiler drawer's innards fell off. The screws connecting everything fell inside the inner part of the door. Dh wasn't home, so I removed the pull-out drawer from the oven and managed to shake out the loose screws. Then I took the opportunity to clean it.

I lined up all the pieces, leaving them in full view of the sofa, expecting Dh to put it back together for me in 2 days tops. For the last 6 nights there has been some excuse for not tackling it.

I don't mind fixing things myself if I can. This door is kind of tricky. I finally attempted to put it together myself. I got it together, but things are not fitting tightly and something's not right. If Dh doesn't get to it this tomorrow, all home cooking may disappear. Yes, I told him that!

Deesandy

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The Ending:

I took the rollers out of the sink this morning since I was cleaning the whole house and could no longer hope they would be moved by my husband. They had hardened. I took them out to the trash and my husband saw me. He was not at all upset and even tried to give me some lame excuse as to why he could not clean them. I had no comment back to give him.

No winner with this one folks!

Tabbyking

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hubby and i are going to take our wind tunnel apart and look at how to do a belt. i hope the entire vacuum cleaner breaks while we are doing it. i hate my wind tunnel:)
it's easier than when i used pantyhose as a fan belt in a boyfriend's car year ago. it did get us the 2 miles into town, however! a couple of weeks ago i saw it done in a movie where maureen o'sullivan has a cabbie drive her to canada.

Tabbyking

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
okay, i took the oreck upright apart. one screw. the fan belt is on the side, totally accessible and you stretch it between 2 points about 6 inches apart. put the plate back on and put your one screw back. there is a recessed area in the bottom of the oreck with an extra belt for when you need it.
we are taking the wind tunnel apart now. i'll be back in a jiffy to tell you how that one goes. it's on the roller.
actually, i am taking the vacuums apart. hubby is making french bread and soup. i'll probably be changing the oil on the suburban if it quits raining out today.

Tabbyking

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
wind tunnel. remove the 4 screws. plate lifts off from the bottom up. then flip the roller (beater bar) out; remove the belt. slip the new belt on the bottom pin through the little gap on the right hand side. stretch it up and put into groove of beater bar and snap the beater bar back in. repace plate and 4 screws. took me 4 minutes.
didn't break the damn thing, though!

Deesandy

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does it work now Tabby?

I hated my oreck by the time it finally quit!

I now love my bagless eureka!!!