Hi Deb - I didn't realize you had this blog... you write so well, it's very entertaining!
We just went through the sale of our house, and we're gunning for HGTV because, thanks to it, you have to *stage* your house to sell it in this market.
Sandy did an enormous amount of work staging... lo and behold, it did sell in 1 day! But, OY! the work!
BTW, like you, I'm a big fan of Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters, although I too don't care for the reality shows.
Reality TV doesn’t really do it for me for the most part. But I think Reality TV is much more about the drama than the substance. As such, I don’t consider shows like Dirty Jobs and MythBusters to be reality, but they are entertaining. I think in this episode, Mike was busy in a locomotive factory.
I feel his pain on the knowing what he’s doing front. Home remodeling has been like that. For THAT, I put the blame SOLELY on Norm Abram and HGTV. They make everything look so friggin’ easy. And fun. And while it is fun, it’s a time sink. I can run lights in a house now…but it took me 8 hours to do it in the basement. I can drywall and mud and tape. But DAYUM it’s slow going. As First Crush has mentioned, I’ll be a PRO by the time we’re finished with the house. If he didn’t have a new baby, I’d import his used-to-drywall-and-paint-in-college ass from Australia to be my slave for a few weeks. Except he mentioned something about sexually molesting my refrigerator. Which might be even better, especially if I can get pictures.
So, I’m a homeowner (or more like a homeower) who sunk all her money into the home and the electrical. And is damned lucky to have been able to do it in the middle of a crap market. And it’s fun. But no, unless you are my gay boyfriends, I am NOT coming to help you with drywall.
"It’s times like these when knowing what I’m doing would really come in handy"
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Hi Deb - I didn't realize you had this blog... you write so well, it's very entertaining!
We just went through the sale of our house, and we're gunning for HGTV because, thanks to it, you have to *stage* your house to sell it in this market.
Sandy did an enormous amount of work staging... lo and behold, it did sell in 1 day! But, OY! the work!
BTW, like you, I'm a big fan of Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters, although I too don't care for the reality shows.
Best regards,
SteveR
March 27, 2010 at 5:23 PM