Posts tagged working with your partner
Behind Every Great Man Stands a Woman Rolling Her Eyes . . . Yes, Thanks @MrsPickle_ for One Great Title, aka . . .
20July 8, 2011
I was naked . . . and stepping into the shower when she started, “Are you crazy?!”. . . but she continued, “I mean – do I really have to have you run every decision by me?” They were rhetorical questions (I think) -- but she was irritated. We were “discussing” which door style we would place on the now, almost-completed master bath. The 8x8 room, until that moment, did never have a door associated with it. Or at least that was the case in the time that we have owned this house. [ . . . ]
You can Judge a Program by its Icon
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Think about the first time you open a program, what do you notice? How are the colors, and how about the way things are laid out? Sometimes you are able to customize programs; do you spend time doing this trying to make this workspace your own?
Building Moxie With Real Estate Superstar Jennifer Ingool (aka Happy Mother’s Day Jen)
25May 3, 2011
Yep, plastic shopping bags on our heads (re-purposed while painted textured ceilings with heavy napped rollers) and living with . . . well, construction. And I mean – I knew what I was getting into, I guess, and possibly it was the reason we (while maybe some others didn’t) worked out. You see – it’s in her blood. This house thing. That’s right – her mother Vera . . . a full-on DIY original . . . who ultimately built a nice little business for herself. And while we are (apart from what we do individually) might be following (very slowing) in her path and in the mean time – real estate seems a logical good fit for her. After all, and it's simple. Jen has a passion for it. [ . . . ]
Every Job is a Collaboration
1April 27, 2011
by Barry
in On the Job
This past week I dove into a cabinet installation at my nephew’s house. I was aided by a carpenter who has a lot more skill than I and it was an absolute pleasure. Much of my life, both in the theatre and as a project manager, has been about sensing when to allow someone else to take the lead. [...]
Forget Ten Tools, You Only Need These Three Things (and Bieber Revisited)
14April 25, 2011
by jb
in homeownership
The Ten Essential Tools for Homeowners and as I was thinking about those "things," you know -- tools (the tools that are most valuable for every homeowner), it struck me that maybe the most valuable assets were not in fact tools, or anything tangible for that matter. Rather, they are qualities -- and these specifically might apply a little more to the DIYers out there. But, check it. Three qualities ever homeowner should have: [ . . . ]
