The Fidget

I can't not work on things that should be left alone. I see the potential in too much around me, & I can't help but do everything I can to make it better.
* Case & point, my phone:

Every time my wife uses my phone something has changed. The interface is different; the operating system is different; the skin is different, but it's better than when I bought it. 

When I first got the phone it was running an already outdated android OS 1.5 cupcake. I had already had my fill with using the iphone for several years and having to re-install everything every time there was an update from apple, but I couldn't help but see the potential.
Now I'm running android 2.3, overclocked with fully working 3D graphics, hardware acceleration, and the ability to use this system as pretty much a very small laptop. If I had just left good enough alone, I'd be looking for a new phone right now.
* Case & point # douce: My house
Every time I walk into this place I keep thinking what I could change or clean or make better. The place gets overwhelming sometimes because of all the change I need to make it "livable" to me.

* Case & point # tres: The Xbox

My friend Taylor gave me a broken Xbox. I fixed, enhanced, & painted it. Now it works better than ever.






But there's an exception:

I can not --will not-- fix my wife. She is perfect to me. She is as beautiful in the struggles she brings as she is in her grace. She is my home. She is the very thing that gives me purpose and drive. I would not fix her as much as you would not paint over the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
I have a drive to make things better, but all I want to do is make her happy.
I love you Lauryn Brook Johnson