The Devil is in the DIY Details

Damn the people who make do-it-yourself videos for Lowe's. They just make everything look so easy, completing projects in three minutes or less with everyone still smiling and on speaking terms with their assistants. Just once, I want to see someone in these tutorials cursing up a blue streak when a sink pedestal falls on their foot or the tile doesn't match up with the corner of the countertops. You know it happens. They just don't show it.

The weird part of this resentment I feel is that I'm only prospectively upset about this. Grant the Republican and I went to see the house I love again today and this time we listed everything that would have to be done to fix it up right. There is a tutorial covering almost each and every item on that list. The way I see it, Lowe's is only encouraging me to buy this house despite my reservations.

If they're going to counter my better judgment, the least they could do is be honest. I want to see just one spackling trowel thrown in frustration. Then maybe I'd believe that it really is pretty easy...most of the time.