Lesson #1: Even though is looks like the same kind of door lock, that doesn’t mean the holes are going to line up.
Lesson #2: If you buy two cans of paint in the same color. You are supposed to mix them together before you begin to paint. Otherwise you end up with patches of mismatched tint all over your walls.
Lesson #3: Never let your children help you paint when they are sleepy.
Lesson #4: Lawyers can tape up a room for painting like no body’s business.
Lesson #5: You will never be able to properly repay the favors you ask for when getting a house ready to move into.
Lesson #6: Be sure when checking the mail that you are checking YOUR mailbox and not the neighbors.
Lesson #7: The novelty of having stairs wears off quickly.
Lesson #8: After three days of fast food you actually begin to miss vegetables.
Lesson #9: Chauvanism is alive and well in small town hardware stores.
Lesson #10: If you have a second story landing the children will drop things off of it “just because”.
2 responses to “Important Lessons in Home Ownership”
“Be sure when checking the mail that you are checking YOUR mailbox and not the neighbors.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It’s a whole new way of life, home ownership.
As for the paint…can you just repaint the unmatching patches in the predominant shade used on that wall? So long as each wall is entirely painted from a one can, you’ll never notice if two different shades meet at the corners….
Good idea, December!
I want to hear the story behind #9.
Dropping things from second floor will become a way of life for all of you, so practice your aim and your catching skills.
I think your comments are brillantly insightful and you should write for a comedy series because what they serve up now for comedy is just recycled “non-platonic” jokes. There is nothing funnier than what we all experience together in our everyday lives…irony. Like your Ten List. Keep laughter going, it will get you through everything.