Doing-it-myself

• To replace the switch on a table lamp, you need a screw driver and 10 minutes to spare. So why, pray tell, did I put the job off for a month and a half?
• Fixing the door that was falling off our mailbox required the use of 1 screw and 2 nuts. So why, pray tell, did it take me the better part of an hour and multiple trips to the basement?
• Substituting chicken wire for window screen in the turtle pens called for a staple gun. I gave 2 or 3 away a couple months ago. Hey, you only need 1 right? Right. But why, pray tell, did I keep the 1 that didn't work?