I. am buying. MY OWN SET. of tools.

[jen74145]

They will be pink and covered in rhinestones if they must be, to keep DH from absconding with them.

I just changed a lock, needed a small flat tip. Well, all I could find is the ginormous interchangeable head screwdriver, so I had to use that. Like swatting a fly with a Buick.

"Oh honey, I'm going to put up pegboard in the spare room and anytime we need anything it will be right there..." yeah, RIGHT. Two years ago he said this.

Seriously, my car should be out of the shop today and I am hauling my rump to Sears and buying my own set of tools. If that man TOUCHES them it might be a divorceable offense.

You let me find my pink ratchet out on his truck just ONCE.

[DoxieMom]

AMEN, SISTER!!! I couldn't have said it better myself!!

[marvella]

i feel your pain, except it's my son who uses and loses them. he's ADD. tool belt, tool box, color coding, nothing works to keep up with them.

i told his wife the other day that it's about time to have to buy more tools. only thing left in the drawer is a huge pipe wrench. i end up having to buy them about every 2 years. she said she would look around their house and see what she could find. .

[jen74145]

Originally Posted by marvella

i feel your pain, except it's my son who uses and loses them. he's ADD. tool belt, tool box, color coding, nothing works to keep up with them.

i told his wife the other day that it's about time to have to buy more tools. only thing left in the drawer is a huge pipe wrench. i end up having to buy them about every 2 years. she said she would look around their house and see what she could find. .

That cracks me up. A pipe wrench, lol. How useful.

I am considering rigging up a toolbelt with everything on a retractable dog leash. Or small blinking lights that whoop like a car alarm if you get more than five feet from any tool you've detached.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Yes, Ma'am. I have my own shop, my own tools, with a padlock on the door. My tools are lavender.

[free-2-b-me]

Yep - got my own tool bag . Got my own set of battery operated ryobi tools also . Hubby and son need my verbal permission to even think about using them !!!!!

[Katey]

Oh yes. Ex-DH was not very good about keeping track of my tools. He felt bad enough about it that when we split he bought me a toolbox full of replacements and additions that have been very handy, though I'm still missing some of my originals. (What happened to my 1/2" deep-well sockets??!!) My current sweetie mostly is smart enough to put things back if he uses them, else I go on a rampage.

My grandfather was a Maine lobsterman and he would paint all of his tool handles the same fluorescent pink he used for his bouys. It not only made them instantly identifiable if borrowed, but cut way down on the number of garden tools that ended up in the compost pile.

I have a friend who is a general contractor and buys all her reading glasses with as many rhinestones as possible, so she doesn't lose them to her crew.

Buy at least three each of:
box knife
tape measure
flathead screwdriver
Phillips screwdriver
duct tape

so that you can find at least one when you need it.

[giraffe_baby]

I thought that would help me, I got a PRETTY FLOWERY screwdriver... well it still ended up in his garage! He was too lazy to walk to garage to get his "DEWALT" screwdriver, so grabbed mine and then it walked out with him!! LOL

[Oggie]

Don't worry, if he can't find tools in the house, the kitchen is full of them.

That sterling silver butter knife has just about the right heft to make a pretty good screwdriver.

A pair of kitchen shears make fairly good wire cutters, if you squeeze hard enough.

High-carbon knives are good prying tools, once you break off those silly pointy tips.

Don't even get me started about that meat tenderizing mallet thingy.

[whiskeylivewire]

I'm with Oggie, I use a butter knife for a flathead lol

[ronbre]

some stores sell some really good quality ones with enameled flowers on them..they are nice..i bought my son's girlfriend a set the first year they were together..they aren't now..but they were nice..i have a few of them..

but being an interior and exterior designer and carpenter..i OWN the big ones..and hubby borrows them..if he can..

[7thswan]

I understand. Dh is a Mechanic,he has his tools. And the Carpentry tools are mine. If I mention wanting a tool,he goes and get it. Probably so I won't complain about the 5000.oo Snap-on tool chest he bought. It doesn't Quite match the other 3 he has,it's a real pretty Blue with all kinds of Nascar stuff on it. The other ones are just that boring red. I figure I'll probably need a whole Pole barn to my self to catch up with JUST his boxes. Guard your tools with your life.

[therunbunch]

I loved this post! DH bought me my own drill a couple of years back because I was always using his. Truth be told, I'm much more of a handy-person than he is... I can use the saws and everything! LOL. Now he uses MY drill most of the time because it's lighter and it's always charged!

[jen74145]

Ha. Well, I'm not at all alone, am I?

I think I'm going to be odd when I grow old, giving feminine tool sets as wedding gifts. They will thank me one day.

You watch. He'll come back, I'll have that shed he promised to set up for me all cleaned up and repaired (and all his JUNK out of it!), rabbits thriving, pegboard gleaming with well cared for hand tools properly hung, box of chicks growing out in the corner, seedlings sprouting... and he'll turn it into a grease shop within a month.

No no no. MINE. Alice, I am liking the idea of a padlock.

[Common Tator]

I got tired of hubby complaining about my using HIS tools, so I bought myself a set. He laughed at me. Then he started using them because they were neat and organized (until he started losing things). Then they became HIS tools, so I bought myself another set...Now I have given up on having a set of my own, because I can't get it through his head they they were there so that I wouldn't be using his, and I would have the tools when I need them.

[furholler]

My wife and I share my tools, but I do most things with them. She can use what she wants, AS LONG AS IT GETS PUT BACK. I am disorganised, but I know where I left it the last time I used it. Dames.

[Jenn]

Next time I'm taking all my screwdriver and socket sets and replacing the missing ones!

[PrettyPaisley]

I completely understand. After years of my tools missing and then turning up broken or rusted from being left outside, I bought a my own set and a tool box with a lock. Fixed that without one (more) cross word.

[Cece]

Hahaha, I have been thinking the very same thing. I want to have my own little shed with my own tools, including hoe, shovel, pruning shears, etc, and I am going to have it locked and no one will have the key or combination to it. Hubby nevers touches anything remotely girly. I got tired of losing my rubber boots, basic black ones, so last year I bought some Wellingtons from Victorian Trading Co; they are covered with a rose print and he has not touched them.

[debmal1]

My tools are bright red and everyone knows they better ask permission to use them! I didn't let my DH know where I kept them for quite awhile. Stay out of Mama's drawer!