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Cooking, on the other hand, is my weak point. I am paralyzed in front of a stove. If I had to eat alone, I’d probably go out to eat alot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyO15ZN7T8
“I have Eastern European roots and am smarmy”
Biff, you’re not “smarmy”. I believe you mean “swarthy”.
I like cleaning too- it is therapeutic. Sometimes it helps to drop everything and just wash and scrub. My parents never had a cleaning lady, and my mom was very handy with tools. My father couldn’t crack an egg let alone handle a hammer. In fact we kept tools away from him- too dangerous.
We got a lot of flack from family for having a nanny
before the kids were in school.
We never really got used to the idea though and we kept it to a minimum of days.
Littlelegion didn’t like the idea at all, especially since she was Hungarian and made everything with sauerkraut. Littlegirllegion took to the nanny right away though.
Countdown to DIBS posting James Taylor’s Handy Man video and/or lyrics: 10, 9, 8…
I never wear undershirts, underwear, or socks more than once.
I will wear shirts and pants more than once.
The only time I don’t shower every day is when I am camping.
We tend to wash our son’s clothes every time he wears them, because he likes to get dirty.
Benson, you should market yourself as your building’s resident handy man. You can probably make a ton of extra dough by doing quick, easy fix-it jobs, especially if there are Jewish families in your building.
I don’t mind all white homes. I think that’s because whenever I see one, I’m reminded of the John Lennon Imagine video, which was shot inside a big white mansion. Not a bad connotation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QQbLayMjw8