September 16, 2006

Home Improvement

Real-time blogging:

Right now Simon is in the kitchen undrilling brackets from unused shelving units so we can frankenstein a contraption that will hold the surround-sound center channel above the television so that the whole unit will be more earthquake-safe.

The kicker is he's wearing a tool belt, white socks, and nothing else.

It's the female version of having a woman dust the living room in her lingerie, I suppose, and yes, I've already proposed hiring him out to make some extra cash, and no, he didn't agree. Guess I'll just have to keep him all to myself then. Sigh.

UPDATE: He just finished scaring the crap out of Stan by using the circular saw, and then declared, "I think this is the first time I've ever done naked carpentry." Say it with me now, folks: And hopefully it won't be the last.

Posted by Leah at September 16, 2006 01:40 PM
Comments

i have to say using a circular saw with an unprotected minkey would scare me a little.

Posted by: jenB at September 16, 2006 03:06 PM

1. Tool belt.
2. Careful positioning.

-Simon.

Posted by: Simon at September 16, 2006 04:02 PM

I think maybe a tool belt + nudity isn't my thing (dad was a carpenter, too weird) but more power to you and Simon, Leah. Rowr.

Posted by: Emily at September 16, 2006 05:07 PM

"And hopefully it won't be the last."

Posted by: reddirtroad at September 16, 2006 08:38 PM

carpentry and cooking are two activities for which i'm more of a "pants on" kinda guy.

Posted by: this charming man at September 17, 2006 03:41 PM

Tool belt or not, there's some places not meant to have sawdust. I have done "naked painting" (interior, of course) so that I wouldn't ruin some clothes. That practice stopped once the wife pulled out the camera.

Posted by: Texas T-bone at September 19, 2006 06:18 AM

Oh, you can be sure I have pictures. It was a sight not to be missed.

Posted by: Leah at September 19, 2006 10:37 AM