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Tales from the Road

Posted on 05. Apr, 2008 by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Personal

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Thus far I am enthused about our progress and am amazed at what we have been able to accomplish and learn in just over a month. Of course, we have made mistakes, but with every room that we renovate we get faster and better at what we are doing.

With a tendency for sloppiness, I am amazed at my blossoming measuring skills. I used to have a strange but persistent phobia where if I was forced to take a precise measurement with a measuring tape, I would look at the tape, feel woozy, and state, “I think it’s approximately 4 feet, give or take many inches”. Whereas now I can easily measure anything to the Nth degree–even to the millimeter. I realize that this is a small feat, but I take great satisfaction in this advancement. Other notable feats have been my speedy drilling and my inate ability to cut straight lines with a skill saw.

In general, Cameron and I are a fabulous team and we work really well together. A big part of us wanting to take on this project in the first place was that we wanted to spend more time together. However, this is not to say that we don’t have our moments.

I am, hmm, what one might describe as “as far away from perfectionist as one can get.” If I had a home-improvement motto, it might be “Isn’t this good enough?”

Cameron, God love him, likes to do things right and to the best of his ability. His motto might be, “Good enough is not good enough–I mean, just look at the degree of that slope!”

On occasion we don’t see eye to eye when it comes to crooked corners or rough edges, but we have both learned to give in a way that works–most of the time.

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