The honey do list.

[Roland]

I'm sorry, but when someone refers to their "honey do list" I just cringe. It does not leave a flattering image in my head. My first thought, are you incapable of figuring out what needs to get done yourself, or are you letting things go and need a supervisor to keep you on track? Either way, come on guy, get with it, you're not a child. I thought I would share that for some reason.

 

[crank]

Or, like me you just forget and play guitar.

 

[Guildedagain]

The list is actually on paper sometimes, but I asked for that, I let it be known years ago "I need written orders", instead of "I've been asking you to do this for weeks" when my best recollection is I've never heard of it before, but then again the guitar playing has really taken a toll on my ears, that are still really good at hearing guitar somehow.

 

[fronobulax]

Doesn't bother me. In this house it is not a literal list and it is more of a way of making sure what needs to get done gets done and usually by the more capable person.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Doesn't bother me. In this house it is not a literal list and it is more of a way of making sure what needs to get done gets done and usually by the more capable person.

I do a lot of stuff around the home, mostly the manual labor stuff lol. but I dig that stuff, that is in my wheelhouse. To be fair though, it is my wife that is the technical tool person etc. My dad never showed me that stuff, and her step-dad did. I can change oil on my car...that is cool...Dad did teach me how to mow a lawn, take care of trash, I am one of main dishwashers....again, manual labor. but like installing a ceiling fan, well, I would need to watch a YT video. Or have my wife help me.

And I got a dang tail light I need to replace in the chevy. Now I should be able to handle that one...well............

funny tid bit: I finally fixed our screen door after nigh 3 years of us all fighting with it. One morning I go out back and sipping coffee, I look at the screen door and it finally dawns on me it's not set in the inside track, the furthest inside track. I was like, oh, so I moved it and now it works perfectly. 3 years. But I got to tell ya, every time I slide the screen door now and it slides beautifully, I got a big smile on my face.

 

[walrus]

I make the list for myself, but the boss has the right to add to it...

walrus

 

[Westerly Wood]

I make the list for myself, but the boss has the right to add to it...

walrus

Amen. Or just yell it to me from far away.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Oh and I kill all insects in the house. spiders, flies, you name it.
My 9 year old is starting to kick some butt to re flies.
I have also been known to rid the yard of rattlesnakes. that does cause some anxiety lol
scariest wildlife moment? "shooing" away a large bobcat off our porch with a broom. ROFL. a freaking broom. that cat could have ripped me up if it wanted to...

 

[Brick]

There's the list of projects I think I should be doing, and there's the list of projects that she thinks I should be doing.....that's all it is. More often than not, the lists are similar, but with different priorities.

 

[gjmalcyon]

There's the list of projects I think I should be doing, and there's the list of projects that she thinks I should be doing.....that's all it is. More often than not, the lists are similar, but with different priorities.

That's it right there.

The "Honey Do" list is largely the same as my list, with the additional notations:

 

[matsickma]

Bought one of these in blue color just so that I don't have to reply when I'm working (aka playing) on the things I like to do...

 

[Cougar]

I'm sorry, but when someone refers to their "honey do list" I just cringe..... [snip].... I thought I would share that for some reason.

So... you're not married, huh?

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

funny tid bit: I finally fixed our screen door after nigh 3 years of us all fighting with it. One morning I go out back and sipping coffee, I look at the screen door and it finally dawns on me it's not set in the inside track, the furthest inside track. I was like, oh, so I moved it and now it works perfectly. 3 years. But I got to tell ya, every time I slide the screen door now and it slides beautifully, I got a big smile on my face.

OK...most slider/patio doors I've seen, when viewed from inside the house, the screen door is on the furthest outside track...so when the glass door is opened, the screen door is still in place keeping out the insects you don't want in your house...or bobcats...whatever If the screen door is on the inside, one would have to open the screen door every time...to be able to open the glass slider...to then be able to close the screen door...rinse and repeat.

Did you mean perhaps that the screen door wasn't set properly in its track and was just riding on the outside edge? which would cause it to fall off when you moved it to go outside as it would drop down and the top would tip outwards from the upper track and/or it would stick when you tried to slide it.

Public Service announcement: for sticky slider doors, ye olde dish soap in the track works wonders...that's what the professional dudes use...and charge you $150.

 

[West R Lee]

I do a lot of stuff around the home, mostly the manual labor stuff lol. but I dig that stuff, that is in my wheelhouse. To be fair though, it is my wife that is the technical tool person etc. My dad never showed me that stuff, and her step-dad did. I can change oil on my car...that is cool...Dad did teach me how to mow a lawn, take care of trash, I am one of main dishwashers....again, manual labor. but like installing a ceiling fan, well, I would need to watch a YT video. Or have my wife help me.

And I got a dang tail light I need to replace in the chevy. Now I should be able to handle that one...well............

funny tid bit: I finally fixed our screen door after nigh 3 years of us all fighting with it. One morning I go out back and sipping coffee, I look at the screen door and it finally dawns on me it's not set in the inside track, the furthest inside track. I was like, oh, so I moved it and now it works perfectly. 3 years. But I got to tell ya, every time I slide the screen door now and it slides beautifully, I got a big smile on my face.

I do quite a bit around here, but Wood, when you mentioned YouTube......well that's my go to. See I've worked with tools all of my life, but technology changes things all of the time. Everything now has circuit boards, and that's where I draw the line. In the old days, with the truck.....points and condenser, no problem, but now ignitions are all electronic and computerized, as is almost anything that has a power source.

But things come up like our dryer, that stopped cooling. YouTube to the rescue. I can't remember what a service guy wanted to be paid to come out and have a look, but I think the service call alone was $150. A heating element then.....about $20. So I went to YouTube, and there it was, same make and model dryer. It took about 10 minutes. Lawn mower issues? YouTube! Several vehicle issues? YouTube! Plumbing issues? YouTube! I love YouTube.

West

 

[DrumBob]

I do most of the cooking, shopping, lawn and yard maintenance, snow removal, minor repairs, simple painting jobs, and some house cleaning. My wife is the mechanical and technical one who can fix stuff, set up electronic devices, troubleshoot the computer, etc. I'm the artsy one, and she's the geek. It works.

 

[adorshki]

but then again the guitar playing has really taken a toll on my ears, that are still really good at hearing guitar somehow.

Evolution at work.

 

[adorshki]

But things come up like our dryer, that stopped cooling. YouTube to the rescue. I can't remember what a service guy wanted to be paid to come out and have a look, but I think the service call alone was $150. A heating element then.....about $20. So I went to YouTube, and there it was, same make and model dryer. It took about 10 minutes. Lawn mower issues? YouTube! Several vehicle issues? YouTube! Plumbing issues? YouTube! I love YouTube.

West

The duct tape of the internet?

 

[Roland]

I do not like to

So... you're not married, huh?

Yes I am. Forty years to a woman who is not dependent on me to do things for her. She is quite capable in her own right.

 

[Guildedagain]

40 years, wow, like two life sentences ;[]

You just need to put your foot down and demand to be respected for housework, it's damned hard work.

I'm a clean freak, I don't like clutter or grime, but I let it go sometimes, you can't OC all the time, but somehow springtime brings on a rush of cleaning, been going at it for weeks new, dawn to dusk.

She's a "maker", someone who's always making stuff, artsy, always making messes.

To borrow her phrase "Do everything without bitching".

And that's the hardest part of all, not expressing the frustration over spending a huge part of your life cleaning the same messes over and over and over again, every request for change responded by "if you asked nicely" meaning it will never change.

Totally left to her own devices for as long as I could stand, 10 years, she hoarded 100's of lbs of wood end scraps, I spent two days solid burning stuff from under the workbench and stuffed in every nook and cranny around shed/shop. Saves every rusty broken screw.

Next room where canning jars are stopped, filled with trash and empty containers - a dump basically, one of many of packrat like dumps, middens of junk - and the hoarding of useless old non canning jars off the charts, like over 100lbs that will go to recycling tomorrow.

I spent 3 days dusk to dawn on this shed, ahead what looks to be a dire fire season, and finally made a dump run in the 2000 Outback, only so big inside but managed to put 540lbs of junk/trash into the car, total cost to get it out of your life forever, $15. 260lbs were metal, my penalty for cleaning the shed, to take 260lbs of USA plumbing some brand new to the metals pile, which is free.

280lbs were trash, useless, gross, filthy pack rat poop ridden, from people who can't thrown anything away. r

I could only see out the passenger window, rest of car stuffed to the gills.

1st time ever I've ever exceeded the $12/240lb minimum in a car, and the lady at the scale thinks I'm pretty neat. My last attempt in same car was 140lbs - earlier this year for a total of 680lbs now - and the gal than said "I coulda had another 100lbs in there" for the same money, and I assured her it would have been physically impossible.

Still have "areas" to work on, each one a similar fire pit of paper and wood in or next to a structure.

 

[Opsimath]

40 years, wow, like two life sentences ;[]

You just need to put your foot down and demand to be respected for housework, it's damned hard work.

I'm a clean freak, I don't like clutter or grime, but I let it go sometimes, you can't OC all the time, but somehow springtime brings on a rush of cleaning, been going at it for weeks new, dawn to dusk.

She's a "maker", someone who's always making stuff, artsy, always making messes.

To borrow her phrase "Do everything without bitching".

And that's the hardest part of all, not expressing the frustration over spending a huge part of your life cleaning the same messes over and over and over again, every request for change responded by "if you asked nicely" meaning it will never change.

Totally left to her own devices for as long as I could stand, 10 years, she hoarded 100's of lbs of wood end scraps, I spent two days solid burning stuff from under the workbench and stuffed in every nook and cranny around shed/shop. Saves every rusty broken screw.

Next room where canning jars are stopped, filled with trash and empty containers - a dump basically, one of many of packrat like dumps, middens of junk - and the hoarding of useless old non canning jars off the charts, like over 100lbs that will go to recycling tomorrow.

I spent 3 days dusk to dawn on this shed, ahead what looks to be a dire fire season, and finally made a dump run in the 2000 Outback, only so big inside but managed to put 540lbs of junk/trash into the car, total cost to get it out of your life forever, $15. 260lbs were metal, my penalty for cleaning the shed, to take 260lbs of USA plumbing some brand new to the metals pile, which is free.

280lbs were trash, useless, gross, filthy pack rat poop ridden, from people who can't thrown anything away. r

I could only see out the passenger window, rest of car stuffed to the gills.

1st time ever I've ever exceeded the $12/240lb minimum in a car, and the lady at the scale thinks I'm pretty neat. My last attempt in same car was 140lbs - earlier this year for a total of 680lbs now - and the gal than said "I coulda had another 100lbs in there" for the same money, and I assured her it would have been physically impossible.

Still have "areas" to work on, each one a similar fire pit of paper and wood in or next to a structure.

Can you do my house next?