As happy as the holidays can be, they can be stressful too. Figuring out what to buy family members, battling the mall crowds, hosting in-laws, making grand meals … phew! I’m just wiped out listing those things! With all the extra activity going on in your home during the holidays, it’s little wonder that accidents happen. That doesn’t add to the stress at all, now does it? At least we can laugh at ourselves, and the good people at This Old House have compiled some of those holiday horror stories for us to chuckle at and hopefully learn from. [click to continue…]
comic relief
At some point, I think I mentioned that I busted up my ankle, and how glorious it was. I think the painkillers must have been going to my head. There pretty much isn’t anything fun about the entire process that I can think of at this point. I can’t move around very well–sleeping in my Frankenstein boot is near impossible, and trying to use stairs is an exercise in looking like an idiot, feeling like an idiot, and perhaps falling on your face and sliding to the bottom of the stairs to start all over again–like an idiot. These kinds of things make me crabby. I want to choose to look like an idiot. [click to continue…]
We have to give props to Doug at ToolSnob.com for digging up a few hilarious videos of the very silly things grown men do when they’ve rented Excavators.
The HomeFixated lawyers insist we mention over and over again that while it looks like a lot of fun, you shouldn’t try this. Got it?
Right, well … on with the videos! [click to continue…]
If you enjoy watching people get hurt (and who doesn’t?), you may enjoy this short compilation of bloopers we found that we like to call, “When Home Renovation Attacks”: [click to continue…]
We have to hand it to the people at Integrity Windows’ Builder Skills Blog – they know how to create a fun video.
Check out this viral goodie of a contractor on the job showing off his tape measure
skills:
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