How do you manage your "Honey do lists" and your "Car time"

[440]

How do you guys juggle your honey do lists with the time you spend on your cars.

As of late I've been struggling to balance the two. My wife loves cars but I don't get to do as much as I like to. We both work and I get different days off to her with Saturday being the only common day off together. On my days off during the week I get a honey do list that usually takes most of the day, and the day that we do have off we usually do things together. In the few evenings during the week that I spend in the Garage I usually get grumped at. 

I'm starting to get really frustrated and wonder how you manage... 

[Fred]

Been there, done that but now that I'm retired all my problems are solved. I now have plenty of time for the honey do list and because I'm home 24/7 and getting in her way  (inside the house when I'm not needed ) I'm told to go away so I get plenty of time to spend in the garage.
RETIREMENT.........no complaints .

[Ghoste]

Little to no time for car stuff.  On the road a lot so when I get home the honey do has to take priority over everything.

[tan top]

 cant answer as i've never been married  ,  
but as for charger time &  girl friends !!  
have a read here  12 post down  

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,80428.0.html


normaly anything  charger with previous GFs has been met with oh no what that again !!

[BB1]

No wife.   Then again... no car either. 

[resq302]

Well, my wife is generally understanding but the car comes as second priority to the honey do lists.  The only exception is if she knows I have a show to go to and something needs to get fixed on the car she lets me slack off on the list to get the car fixed or cleaned as I start getting antsy the closer to the show I get and the charger isn't ready.  So I guess its a two way street with the most of the traffic flowing her way.  However, when the car show time gets closer, I start to have more pull.   

[440]

Yes the honey do list is important but a couple hours a week or so makes it hard to pick up/drop off parts, and get sub parts restored in a timely fashion to avoid holding up the chain.

Easy solution is to get rid of the wife but I don't think that would go down well 

[1970Moparmann]

It sucks.  I wind up working on others people stuff, or just in general not my cars. 

I got my sisters 70 Charger RT interior apart now due to some frustrating things my brother in law did to the car when he built it.   My brother in law passed away at 42 six years ago.

[68X426]

Neither gets done on time or satisfactory. So I am told. 

[Cooter]

I guess I'm lucky in that respect...Of course, when there's something that needs doing, I get the HD list done first, but most times, she doesn't get on me about it at all. She likes to do her own HD list...

[twodko]

Been there, done that but now that I'm retired all my problems are solved. I now have plenty of time for the honey do list and because I'm home 24/7 and getting in her way  (inside the house when I'm not needed ) I'm told to go away so I get plenty of time to spend in the garage.
RETIREMENT.........no complaints .

Your solution in spades!

[bill440rt]

I guess I'm lucky in that respect...Of course, when there's something that needs doing, I get the HD list done first, but most times, she doesn't get on me about it at all. She likes to do her own HD list...

I was just about to say the same thing. Give HER a honey do list of her own!
What is she doing during her time off while you're working?

I get my share of HDL's too, & I try to get them done ASAP so there's time at the end of the day to work on the cars or do other things for "me time". It's sometimes tough, & I don't get to work on them often, either. If you can, try to do even ONE small thing a day. Even making a phone call to order a part, wrapping/labeling something, whatever. It's a small step in progress, but at least it's progress.

[440]

You got a pretty good point there Bill... At least Some progress is better then no progress. It just takes a lot longer...

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Really depends. I try to prioritize the cars vs. HD list and lucky for me, my wife isn't a nag 

[Budnicks]

My girlfriend in named "Honey" so the "Honey Do List" has a completely different meaning to me..LOL...    "Yes dear" is always a good response... 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Family comes first, car second...easy

Wifey understands the priorities though


Love ya babe (in case she's watching)

LOL

[Budnicks]

Family comes first, car second...easy

Wifey understands the priorities though


Love ya babe (in case she's watching)

LOL

Yep "a happy wife is a happy life", at least that's what everyone that's still married, tells me...

[Rolling_Thunder]

no wife and all the girls i try to date turn me down...   oh well -  more money for the Charger and the RR...       

[Tilar]

Been through 3 wives, Got them and the kids all raised and out on their own. 

[mauve66]

WHAT CAR TIME??? YOUR WIVES ACTUALLY LET YOU WORK ON YOUR CAR, MINE ONLY LETS ME WALK PAST IT ON THE WAY TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH AND BRING IN THE GROCERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Family comes first, car second...easy

Wifey understands the priorities though


Love ya babe (in case she's watching)

LOL

Yep "a happy wife is a happy life", at least that's what everyone that's still married, tells me...

Thought it was... "Here's to our wives and girlfriends - and may they never meet"   

...kidding, of course  

[bobs66440]

I am very lucky. My wife pretty much lets me do whatever I want when I want with a few rare exceptions...

And she really never complains about the money. 

[Budnicks]

I am very lucky. My wife pretty much lets me do whatever I want when I want with a few rare exceptions...

And she really never complains about the money. 

Does she have a sister LOL... sounds like a great woman, she's a keeper for sure...

[Budnicks]

Family comes first, car second...easy

Wifey understands the priorities though


Love ya babe (in case she's watching)

LOL

Yep "a happy wife is a happy life", at least that's what everyone that's still married, tells me...

Thought it was... "Here's to our wives and girlfriends - and may they never meet"   

...kidding, of course  

Now that's funny stuff there...

[Lord Warlock]

Easy, make the kids do the groceries and trash, I do handle the tree trimming and hauling to the street, but make the kids (teen girls) mow the yard, wish they'd do the edging and weed whacking, but i'll take what i can get.  Having established a pattern that i do not jump to do a honey do list item upon request, i do it when i get around to it on my schedule.  (put off the new toilet seat now for 3 weeks-I like the old wood seat, not the flimsy plastic one the wife wants put on.