More Thoughts on Tiredness and Home Repairs

We had good news at the fixer-upper house in Spartanburg yesterday. The kitchen sink had very low pressure, but the rest of the house is fine. The plumber who came out to make sure nothing was leaking said we could fix that ourselves by changing the faucet.I was doubtful. Based on what???? I have far less plumbing experience than the plumber. Happily, we replaced the faucet, and lo and behold, good water pressure.I dread plumbing fixes for all sorts of reasons, chief among them, of all the projects we do, plumbing is most likely not to come together the way it should. There's often unexpected leaks and trying to do the same fix over and over again, along with much cursing and bad feelings. The kitchen faucet project did not have any of these issues.Then we moved on to the next project: painting all the walls, except for the kitchen, which we will probably cover with beadboard. If you haven't painted the walls of an older house, you may not know how much prepwork is required, primarily…