Man Hands

Back in January of 2010, I wrote a post titled Easy Lennie, which talks about my "man hands" (as Dan likes to call them) & the several knobs/handles that I have broken in our house. Here is the list from that post: (1) the handle on our downstairs bathroom drawer the day we moved in; (2) the flush knob on all 3 of our bathroom toilets; (3) our dryer start knob; (4) while waiting for the replacement start knob to arrive, I broke the attachment that holds the start knob on & had to replace the entire thing; (5) the lock on our downstairs sliding glass door; (6) one of our kitchen cabinet knobs while putting dishes away; and (7) the towel bar in my bathroom while hanging up my towel. Well...I have another thing to add to this list...(8) a treadmill at Gold's Gym. During my incline sprints tonight, I was at an incline of 7.0 & after I was finished I pushed the down button & the entire thing caved in, slightly. After giving it a few seconds rest, because I thought that would do the trick & I didn't want to accept that I had broken it, I tried to push it again & nothing happened. After several more attempts & nothing happening, I had to go to the front desk & tell them what I did; they had to write an out of order sign to tape on it. The guys that I told were very cool about it & said not to worry, but I still felt terrible. As you have read, this is not the first time that something has broken during my use. I really need to learn to be more gentle.

My other story that I have is when I was helping Dan with his hang nails (or "catches" as he likes to call them) before he left for Myrtle Beach. I was using my cuticle cutter & I was apparently muscling it too much for his taste & he pulled his hand back & yelled, "Alright, rough hands Dani!" I instantly called him a wuss & grabbed his hand to continue, but I'm coming to realize that I am a little too rough. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to fix this issue because I really feel like I'm being gentle. I'm going to have to work on this & get back to you...