Doing Man Chores
This winter break was a long one for me. I have never before experienced the 6 week Winter "intersession" that the semester system offers, but I must say, I love it under the circumstances. My boyfriend lives states away in Texas, and now my Family lives on the other end of the State. Because I had such a long break, I got to have family visit me, visit the Petersons, then just Mr. Nathan Peterson, then go back to my family, visit friends from home, then surprise Mr. Peterson with a second visit. Needless to say, I got a lot of visiting done.
After coming home to Southern California from Austin, I decided that I did not need 3 more weeks of sitting at my parents' house watching TV, so Nate-the-Great and I decided to surprise Mr. Nathan Peterson in order to get him back for all the surprising he has done to me (4 times currently). So on January 16th, I flew to Austin and just "happened" to run into Mr. Nathan Peterson at the local grocery store. He was very much NOT expecting this but quite appreciated it.
In Austin, I decided to be productive, and productivity just happened to be named "doing MAN CHORES". Now, let me tell you the current appeal man chores have for me. How cool is it to be able to shoot hopper guns filled with mud at the ceiling? stick your hand in the big hole the fan used to be in and feel around for wires? saw through nails? paint ceilings on stilts?
Well, you may be thinking, um, friend, there are also many drawbacks to man chores. Like breathing in loads of dust? Like scraping large amounts of popcorn ceiling with a small metal wedge? like vacuuming up mounds of filth from the carpet? like making the house completely filthy while you try to work on it?
Well, there are those things, but I choose not to remember them.
Here is a list of things Mr. Nathan Peterson, Nate the Great, and I accomplished in my last week of winter break.
1. Replace decades old bachelor "kitchen ware" with new stuff
2. Organize bachelor kitchen so that silverware now resides in a drawer instead of in the cupboard
3. Replace the terrible hunk vacuum with a DYSON!
4. Scrape off the evil popcorn ceiling in the bedroom
5. Texture said ceiling and paint it
6. Decide on bedroom paint colors and design
7. Replace faucet and sink
There is more to do, but that will be for Doing Man Chores Part 2 during spring break! So stay tuned.
Oh, pictures, you say?
Yes, there are those.
After coming home to Southern California from Austin, I decided that I did not need 3 more weeks of sitting at my parents' house watching TV, so Nate-the-Great and I decided to surprise Mr. Nathan Peterson in order to get him back for all the surprising he has done to me (4 times currently). So on January 16th, I flew to Austin and just "happened" to run into Mr. Nathan Peterson at the local grocery store. He was very much NOT expecting this but quite appreciated it.
In Austin, I decided to be productive, and productivity just happened to be named "doing MAN CHORES". Now, let me tell you the current appeal man chores have for me. How cool is it to be able to shoot hopper guns filled with mud at the ceiling? stick your hand in the big hole the fan used to be in and feel around for wires? saw through nails? paint ceilings on stilts?
Well, you may be thinking, um, friend, there are also many drawbacks to man chores. Like breathing in loads of dust? Like scraping large amounts of popcorn ceiling with a small metal wedge? like vacuuming up mounds of filth from the carpet? like making the house completely filthy while you try to work on it?
Well, there are those things, but I choose not to remember them.
Here is a list of things Mr. Nathan Peterson, Nate the Great, and I accomplished in my last week of winter break.
1. Replace decades old bachelor "kitchen ware" with new stuff
2. Organize bachelor kitchen so that silverware now resides in a drawer instead of in the cupboard
3. Replace the terrible hunk vacuum with a DYSON!
4. Scrape off the evil popcorn ceiling in the bedroom
5. Texture said ceiling and paint it
6. Decide on bedroom paint colors and design
7. Replace faucet and sink
There is more to do, but that will be for Doing Man Chores Part 2 during spring break! So stay tuned.
Oh, pictures, you say?
Yes, there are those.
Scraping popcorn ceiling is sort of like trying to pry very dried, hard mud off a covered surface. Oh, wait. It is that, and it hurts us. And dirties us.
On the other hand, (or maybe on both hands), mixing up more mud to SHOOT at the ceiling once scraped free of popcorn is quite delightful.
In fact, it is so delightful, we want to stick our hands in it some more every chance we get!
Unfortunately, every tool that gets covered with gook must be hosed off with high pressured squirting water.
And also, when painting high places, we must get ourselves much high-er than normal. This involves walking around on slilts with a roller, while a very kind and patient friend replenshes your roller's paint supply every few strokes.
On the other hand, (or maybe on both hands), mixing up more mud to SHOOT at the ceiling once scraped free of popcorn is quite delightful.
In fact, it is so delightful, we want to stick our hands in it some more every chance we get!
Unfortunately, every tool that gets covered with gook must be hosed off with high pressured squirting water.
And also, when painting high places, we must get ourselves much high-er than normal. This involves walking around on slilts with a roller, while a very kind and patient friend replenshes your roller's paint supply every few strokes.
And when the day is done, plenty of cuddling is needed. I will miss this probably the most.
School updates soon to come.
~Out.
~Out.
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