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madmonk

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 835

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:31 pm Post subject: Right lads
Wife back in England tomorrow till saturday what jobs can I do that makes it look like Iv'e done a lot? bearing in mind the whole house needs renovating.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:32 pm Post subject:
Mow the lawn.

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:33 pm Post subject:
Just paint something! ( it is called visible progress! )

cinders

Joined: 04 Jun 2007
Posts: 2437
Location: norfolk The daft old bat club

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:38 pm Post subject:

Vacuum the house from top to bottom
Mop all floors
remove all clutter
take out the smelly rubbish
Make sure the dishes are done and your laundry

Then stand there lovingly with a rose between your teeth,Glass of wine and a lovely bubble bath

Are you sure you want to ask the men
get a womens point of view, how she would like her house to look should she return

Last edited by cinders on Sun Jul 08, 07 7:52 pm; edited 1 time in total

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:38 pm Post subject:
Clean the windows, clear worksurfaces, spray fresh stuff about, get some flowers, make the bed, clean the toilet and bath,

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:41 pm Post subject:
She's married to you isn't she - do you really think she won't know that you haven't done the major renovations. Your best hope is that she remembers why she fell in love with you in the first place - (oh, wine and chocolate might help)

nora

Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Posts: 1539
Location: West Yorkshire

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:45 pm Post subject:
Whats the bit she wants doing the most? It might be a good idea to concentrate on that and then she'll be happy. (i'm not a lad but thats what i'd like to happen if it was me)

madmonk

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 835

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:46 pm Post subject:
Your right of course I will sit here and eat chocolates and drink wine sod the renovations

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 7:56 pm Post subject:

madmonk wrote:

Your right of course I will sit here and eat chocolates and drink wine sod the renovations

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 8:41 pm Post subject:
Coffee Fresh bread polish.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 8:41 pm Post subject:
Coffee Fresh bread polish.

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 9:09 pm Post subject:

I've got the opposite problem at the moment. I'm plastering and replacing the drains so it's: remove old plaster, apply cement coat and plaster top coat; remove old drains and insert new ones. If, and that's a big if, I get it done correctly the place will look the same as it did before I started.

The top tip is to create a huge mess before she goes (fill the hall up with boxes etc) and then put them back when she's gone. That way she'll remember she left a cluttered house and come back to a tidy one.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 9:12 pm Post subject:

I think at least having the house all tidy and your dishes washed up would be a bare minimum, to get any brownie points, you'll have to go above this.

Painting something/anything - tick
Lawn mowed - tick
Few loaves baked - tick
Rose between the teeth - tick

Of course, she's fully expecting the house not to have changed at all, and you to have been sat on your backside and not even tidying up after you while she's been away.

Is there one job that's been lingering for the longest/that she really doesn't want to do? If so, get this out the way straight away, and relax for the rest of the time...you might not even have to tidy up after you if this is the case

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 9:14 pm Post subject:
I reckon she's going to come home and think he's been having an affair.

Treacodactyl
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Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 07 9:15 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

I reckon she's going to come home and think he's been having an affair.

Now he's in France that's the done thing.

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