The Boy from the Bronx

I'm impressed that your husband built two homes from scratch'. Wow! My husband can only fill our car with gasoline.

It's nice to have a handy husband around. I'm not a do it yourselfer.

@JudyEv I used to be okay at DIY projects when I was younger, but now find these projects are best left to professionals. My husband always hung the curtains I sewed.

@DianneN I'm a great TA (technical assistant) for outside stuff but useless at curtains and that type of DIY.

Lol! Your husband sounds like me. However, I chose to be useless.

Lol! You learned by default. I can't do much of any handyman stuff.

@DianneN I agree, I also enjoy painting the house every soo often

@BACONSTRIPSXXX Your wife must be thrilled that she doesn't have to nag you. Lol!

It pays to be handy and makes a big difference in the looks of your home.

@ridingbet Ingrid, he enjoys doing things. He's not one to sit still for long unless it's a baseball or football game! Lol!

He does some things around the house, but we usually hire people for anything major.

@DianneN but he enjoyed doing that task, right? that is so nice of him to make your pathway better to look at.

@DianneN You have deer? How lovely. It's a shame about the flowers though.

Thank you. That's the beginning of our rock garden. We can't have flowers, because the deer gobble them up. Grrrrr

@MsTickle We have a woods in the backyard and tons of deer. I can only keep flowers on my deck. However, they don't eat my daffodils.

@DianneN To each his own when it comes to their interests . So different from our interests too.

Men seem to learn what they are interested in learning. My husband knows nothing about cars.

@DianneN Yes, he grew up in a house, but there were 8 kids, 2 parents plus 1 grandfather living there! If you saw the size of bedroom that him and his 3 brothers all shared, you'd compare it with your closet. He did have the luck to be able to watch those 3 older brothers work on things and gain learn from them. And then when his Dad passed away, one of his brothers, Bob, who is the 3rd child, took Ron under his wing, and would take him to the shop where he worked and he'd stay there at their place. I remember he took me there to meet them before anyone else in the family. Bob is a remarkably smart man, he has 1 item that he invented and patented and he currently runs his own tool and die shop, although he does have a partner that he's grooming to buy him out so that he can retire. Ron still goes to Bob for advise, and so do I.

@Juliaacv It's great that your hubby had so many males to teach him the ropes. My hubby's brothers were 15 and up when he was a kid. I had a hearty laugh when you mentioned closet. Mine ccould sleep four or five. My hubby built me a huge walk in and around closet, another one of his many talents. He has his own walk-in closet, too, but it is tiny compared to mine.

Thank you. This was a little/big project he felt he could do himself. I'm sure your husband grew up in a house. We are happy his knowledge was passed down to our sons. Of course, we're at a stage in our life where we let professionals do most of the work. I'd rather shop.

@DianneN I also spend too much time myLotting, but this place is a lot of fun.

Thank you! I know you work hard in your garden. My husband always catches me at the computer myLotting. Lol!

It's nice to have a handy man around the house, or in your case, houses!

Thank you. I'm not surprised that you have to force your husband to do repairs at home. I'm sure he just wants to relax when he gets home.

Thank you! I'm so pleased with it. My job, at times, is fetching or holding something. Usually I just stay out of my husband's way.

I mumbled something under my breath. Lol!

@miniam I praised him, of course. I really love what he did.

@DianneN Now that`s not good enough.Im sure he knows you are very proud of him.

Thank you!

Thank you. There is more to it than the photo allowed.

Thank you. My favorite thing to do is pull weeds!

Thank you!

I think so. I'm very pleased.

Yes, that is his latest project. Some are good, some aren't. Lol! Like your husband, mine buys tools just in case he ever needs them.