Paul, that was a great post! Guess a lot of us have a similar problem, get an idea, plan an idea, buy the right tools and supplies for the idea, start working on the idea, 1/2 way through get another idea and start on it instead of finishing the one you started on. This is a really bad habbit of mine.
Not to worry, the red head came up with a solution to my problem. She knows that I'll get 8 or 9 projects going and not finish a one. At a certain point when she is tired of seeing the unfinished jobs she says, "I'm hiring someone to finish (whatever it is that I haven't finished) on Monday". Now I know what y'all think; an idle threat. Wrong! Come Monday a crew of people will show up at my house, she'll meet them, tell them what to do, tell me to stay out of the way, and ususally by the end of the day the unfinished project is finished. Now I know what y'all think; what a great wife. Wrong! You see, when the job is done the head of the work crew comes to see me to be paid. I am one tight son-of-a-gun and hate paying someone to complete a project I could and should have finished. For an added kick in the pants my wife would have offered them a bonus if they finished in the alloted time...which I also have to pay! Makes me nuts!
It only took her doing this 5 or 6 times for me to realize that when she said she was hiring someone on Monday she meant it.
Bill Cook
