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this old house?

Mrs. Geek and I have begun contemplating the purchase of real estate. We're far, far away from being able to buy a house of course, but we have started looking at some real estate listings and compare notes. We enjoy it... it's been kind of fun.

After looking at pictures of one particular house last night, we had a conversation that ran something like this:

Her: Oh it looks like the owners like toile... and that wall is very red.
Me: Well, we could paint it...
Her: Paint it?
Me: Yeah, you and I could paint it.
Her: How about you call While You Were Out while I was gone some weekend, and then it was just painted when I got back?
Me: You wouldn't help me improve our house?
Her: Yes, I would love to do Trading Spaces or be out for the weekend when While You Were Out was here.
Me: You wouldn't help me improve our house?
Her: Well, let's just say... your model of home improvement is your parents putting an addition on their house, in the mid 60's by themselves. Mine is my Dad drilling a hole in the wall. It looked kind of like a mouse hole. Mom also called someone to paint and hang wallpaper.
Me: Your father drilled a hole in the wall for a radio antenna, right? [Editor's note: my father-in-law is a ham radio FIEND.]
Her: Yes.
Me: Well, my parents painted and wallpapered their whole house, themselves. Of course, if we did something like that... they'd probably come out and stay for a while to help. [Editor's note: wishful thinking on my part, no doubt.]
Her: I don't know... I'll have to think about it.
Me: You wouldn't help me improve our house?
Her: I said I would think about it.
Me: You wouldn't help me improve our house?

said drgeek on 2005-04-27 at 10:12 p.m.

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