Comments on: The time I had a dumb idea http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/ the big mama blog Mon, 21 May 2012 07:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Big Mama » Yo ho ho and a gallon of paint http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31591 Big Mama » Yo ho ho and a gallon of paint Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:58:33 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31591 [...] The time I had a dumb idea [...] [...] The time I had a dumb idea [...]

]]> By: groovyoldlady http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31131 groovyoldlady Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:46:45 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31131 Oh mercy...the post was hilarious, but the commetns were almost as good! Maybe you could just GIVE the backhouse to me. I've beentrying to finagle my hubby into raising goats for YEARS now and that looks just enough like a barn to pass muster! Sadly, "we" are supposed to paint the exterior of our EXTREMEMLY HUMUNGOUS house this summer. Your post has done much to whet my appetite for the job...NOT. Oh mercy…the post was hilarious, but the commetns were almost as good!

Maybe you could just GIVE the backhouse to me. I’ve beentrying to finagle my hubby into raising goats for YEARS now and that looks just enough like a barn to pass muster!

Sadly, “we” are supposed to paint the exterior of our EXTREMEMLY HUMUNGOUS house this summer. Your post has done much to whet my appetite for the job…NOT.

]]> By: Amy @ Cheeky Cocoa Beans http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31110 Amy @ Cheeky Cocoa Beans Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:14:20 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31110 I think my husband and children have seen Bev's comment (directly above mine) already about how to get out of doing the work...which is why I ask them to do it, quickly show anything that's necessary, and then LEAVE THE AREA until they are done. But maybe now I'll take P's cue and show up with a camera. ;) I think my husband and children have seen Bev’s comment (directly above mine) already about how to get out of doing the work…which is why I ask them to do it, quickly show anything that’s necessary, and then LEAVE THE AREA until they are done. But maybe now I’ll take P’s cue and show up with a camera. ;)

]]> By: Bev http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31097 Bev Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:21:44 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31097 Several things: 1. I'm dying of curiosity to know what's in that "backhouse". How do you use it? 2. Oh, yes, a power washer is the way to go! It will strip the paint (and the skin off the top of your foot if it gets lose on you, you can guess how I know that) lickety split. But it's fun to watch that paint fly off the house. 3. You're such a marriage novice. Here's how you do it. Let him show you, "the little woman" (TLW) how to strip that paint, or, when the time comes, how to paint it. Then you make some half-hearted attempts at it while he watches and tells you you're doing it all wrong. Then you let him show you again while you go get a refreshing beverage and a magazine so you can have a good view of him "doing it right" while you lounge around on the patio furniture. There's a verse in the Bible about how us older women are supposed to teach you younger women. So no need to thank me, I'm just doing my job. Several things:

1. I’m dying of curiosity to know what’s in that “backhouse”. How do you use it?

2. Oh, yes, a power washer is the way to go! It will strip the paint (and the skin off the top of your foot if it gets lose on you, you can guess how I know that) lickety split. But it’s fun to watch that paint fly off the house.

3. You’re such a marriage novice. Here’s how you do it. Let him show you, “the little woman” (TLW) how to strip that paint, or, when the time comes, how to paint it. Then you make some half-hearted attempts at it while he watches and tells you you’re doing it all wrong. Then you let him show you again while you go get a refreshing beverage and a magazine so you can have a good view of him “doing it right” while you lounge around on the patio furniture.

There’s a verse in the Bible about how us older women are supposed to teach you younger women. So no need to thank me, I’m just doing my job.

]]> By: Amy http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31092 Amy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:31:41 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31092 I have been stuck at home sick for the past couple of months and stumbled upon your blog (well not stumbled but it sounded, did it not?) and have not stopped laughing and crying since. You have such a way with words and I will continue to look forward to updates and shaking my head, or nodding at things that reminds me of myself and my family. Please keep it up! PS-You're daughter is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Should I be blessed with children-I pray they are as cute and smart (and ornery) as your little one! I have been stuck at home sick for the past couple of months and stumbled upon your blog (well not stumbled but it sounded, did it not?) and have not stopped laughing and crying since. You have such a way with words and I will continue to look forward to updates and shaking my head, or nodding at things that reminds me of myself and my family. Please keep it up!

PS-You’re daughter is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Should I be blessed with children-I pray they are as cute and smart (and ornery) as your little one!

]]> By: Kellye http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31090 Kellye Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:06:05 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31090 Oh Melanie - I painted a house once. Girl, I would highly recommend faking (or sustaining) some kind of injury so you can get out of this project with your pride still intact. Oh Melanie – I painted a house once. Girl, I would highly recommend faking (or sustaining) some kind of injury so you can get out of this project with your pride still intact.

]]> By: Cheri (the Mom Lady) http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31089 Cheri (the Mom Lady) Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:34:36 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31089 Are you NUTS??? All I can say is P had BETTER sit at those city gates with the elders and RISE and CALL YOU BLESSED! "A noble woman, who can find?" Oh, wait, she out PAINTING THE BACKHOUSE! Are you NUTS??? All I can say is P had BETTER sit at those city gates with the elders and RISE and CALL YOU BLESSED!

“A noble woman, who can find?” Oh, wait, she out PAINTING THE BACKHOUSE!

]]> By: Libby http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31088 Libby Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:00:29 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31088 Naturally I did not even blink at the reference to your backhouse. We forget that backhouse is Texan for guesthouse, just like a tank is everyone else's pond. Now THERE is a silver lining - what if you had a woebegone tank in your back yard? Naturally I did not even blink at the reference to your backhouse. We forget that backhouse is Texan for guesthouse, just like a tank is everyone else’s pond. Now THERE is a silver lining – what if you had a woebegone tank in your back yard?

]]> By: missy @ it's almost naptime http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31087 missy @ it's almost naptime Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:19:48 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31087 Wow. The only thing that makes this project pure hell is that it is not 100 degrees outside. So now you are only in entry level purgatory. Yea. Wow. The only thing that makes this project pure hell is that it is not 100 degrees outside. So now you are only in entry level purgatory. Yea.

]]> By: Steffj89 http://thebigmamablog.com/2110/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31086 Steffj89 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:06:06 +0000 http://thebigmamablog.com/index.php/2009/01/12/the-time-i-had-a-dumb-idea/#comment-31086 hey we bought a reasonably good pressure washer @ wal mart on clearance for 34$. Its good enough hubby who is a tool type junkie is happy with it and i know its orig price was 90+ steff hey we bought a reasonably good pressure washer @ wal mart on clearance for 34$. Its good enough hubby who is a tool type junkie is happy with it and i know its orig price was 90+
steff

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