There are some things in life you know are not in your wheelhouse.
I can’t dive.
At the end of the tip-toe down the ladder or along the sand/rocks, I’m not the best swimmer.
I much prefer the long-necked lighter over matches to ignite a grill.
Dear wife Karen, it’s time for the new car registration to go on again.
Which side goes where?
Yes, my new, two-year New York state sticker came in the mail the other day. The portion that does not go in my wallet must be affixed to the windshield of my Chevy Cruze by April.
How do you separate the sticky side from the throwaway?
What’s that tearing sound?
Where’s the Scotch tape?
Who invented these things, anyway?
That’s what went on in my life before Karen took over the procedure for me.
What do you know you always have trouble accomplishing properly? What do you avoid it altogether, and who and how do you get them to do it for you? Can you come up with a better registration sticker, and if so, what’s your suggestion?
Mark Bialczak 
Oh yeah – my husband handles those stickers, and anything else that needs precision & a good eye & straight hand 🙂 If I had to deal with those stickers, there’d probably be nothing left to tape LOL!!! .
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Now in the store, I have to print and peel off labels and stick them on the shelf beams straight, Sadie. Or else! 😉
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You got this!!! 😎👍
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Thank you, my dear friend. 🙂
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Those things are, shall we say, counterintuitive. But at least they’re better than the ones NYS had a few years ago — the state contracted with an Ohio company that made stickers that … didn’t. They peeled in the heat of summer, forcing tens of thousands of scotch tape purchases and half-ass tape jobs on windshields. They solved that issue, but then had a problem later with license plates in which the letters and numbers peeled off. Talk about an invitation to be pulled over! Can you say “lowest bidder”?
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I remember the scotch tape episode, Jim, but of course thought it was of some fault of my own, not manufacturing. Ha! My plates never peeled off, though. Knock on wood.
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Bwahaha! You’re not alone Mark, believe me. As the safety manager of a fleet at my last job,that task fell to me for about 50 tractor trailers. Because it cost about $2000 to register each, head office always waited until 3 days before expiry to write the DMV a cheque for the $100,000. I had 3 days to catch and sticker the whole fleet out of Ottawa. Lord I hated that. One of the VP’s was given his registration and he so hated putting on the sticker that he threw the registration in the glove box assuming he could show it when asked and that would be OK. It turns out that the DMV takes a dim view of that because you could, in theory move the stickers from vehicle to vehicle.The police did stop him eventually and gave him a $250 fine for having the stickers and not having them on. Ha! It is only a $150 fine here for not having the stickers.
Anyway, you’re not alone Mark, be of good cheer.
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You helped me figure it out, as usual, Paul. “They” want people to keep the stickers in their glove boxes, to be pulled over later as a source of more revenue from the resulting fines. Ha, indeed!
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There are a few things that aren’t in my wheelhouse Mark. Some have been done by others for me, others I’ve had to learn to do for myself like my taxes (UFile had been a Godsend) and creating budgets. I get the feeling that you and Karen really complement each other, talent-wise and I’m so glad for both of you. ❤
Diana xo
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You’re right, Diana. I am better at breaking down boxes for recycling and taking out all the garbage than my dear wife Karen. 😉 ❤ Hey, good job doing your own taxes and budgets. I am impressed, my friend.
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necessity made it so Mark. I don’t have a Karen LOL 😀
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Very nice to share our lives with people who are good at stuff we’re not. Shower curtains, Mark. I am THE WORST.
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In our house, Joey, the shower curtain hang is sometimes done as a two-person job. When I’m home and available. Otherwise, Karen somehow struggles through it herself. I’d hate to go at that one alone, for sure!
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All four of our cars registrations were due this month. My husband always takes care of this. I am busy painting trim – which I love to do. He hates doing trim. It’s a good trade-off.
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You guys have come up with a good system, SD. Karen also does the trim in our house, by the way!
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My new registration is due any now – it also needs to be affixed by the end of April. I won’t even attempt it – hubby can do it for me. As for thing I’m bad at – I definitely do not have a green thumb. House plants die if I so much as look at them, so I don’t have any. Thank goodness, I don’t have that problem with pets.
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Yes, I’m so glad you’re good with sweet Cody, CM. ❤
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Opening the dang mail-my fingers always get those nasty little deep cuts -yes I use a letter opener to no avail…So, I let it pile up until the hubs grabs it all-Yay-my hero!!! The Gatorette
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Hooray for hero hubby the mail opener, Gatorette. Paper cuts are the worst, I agree. Ouch ouch ouch.
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He’s the BEST!!! Gatorette
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Green stuff. There isn’t a plant I can touch that won’t turn into dry brown twigs.
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Stay away from my garden, please and thank you, Elyse. Some folks just can’t get the growing thing.
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Outdoor stuff survives me, thankfully. Unless I try to help it along!
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building things, figuring out directions, running. but, i can whip up a mean soup or write a lively haiku. )
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Soup, please, Beth. I’d order in a haiku, but that’s your talent. 😉 ❤
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we have a little colored sticker with the date on it that goes on the license plate. The registration is a half sheet of paper that lives in the glove box with the insurance note. I keep them in a plastic folder. The draw back is that when dropped in the mechanics parking lot the little insurance squares tend to fly like birds and the most important last one lands in the middle of the intersection. 🙂
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Get a grip, Gradmama. Ha, sorry, couldn’t resist. Really, your state’s way sounds pretty nice to me. 🙂
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you should have seen me chasing after those flying paper-squares…with my soninlaw saying “get in the car, Ma!” He thought it was just some debris….not my vital insurance thingy. duh…
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Yes, vital insurance thingy must be chased down for sure, my friend. 🙂
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might have been ironic had I gotten obliterated in the middle of the intersection chasing my insurance card… 🙂
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I just tuck the registration form and insurance thingy in a plastic holder…I have a stack of each, and it works swell unless the wind is blowing and I have to chase them around a parking lot. 🙂
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Cannot open childproof caps, find the end of the scotch tape and–forgive me, Karen–also can’t separate those silly stickers either.
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They make life so much harder than it needs to be, Martha. Oy.
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Karen to the rescue!!!
I can’t stand unloading a dishwasher. I do it but every time I do it… I say out loud… And very loud, I hate this job!
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Assign that one out to your sweet, sweet man, I would think, Nancy. 😉
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Hanging things on the wall. I’ve been told I’m not good at it… I like to “eyeball” instead of using yardsticks, levels, etc. I leave the task to at least 2 other members of the family. No problem giving up the task, Mark. ☺
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My hangings are straight and everything around them are crooked. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it, Van. 😉
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Sounds like you married a superhero, Mark!
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I sure did, Paul. 🙂
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