But maybe that mess is now a better story than any pizza?

Check how online mega-stores only stock the same mass-produced flowers, wiping out unique local varieties. Those big companies never carry the special perfumed stocks or unusual tulips that small farms grow. We lost our area's blue ribbon award-winning sunset marigold because nobody supported the farm that bred it. That's a HUGE chunk of our agricultural heritage just gone.

That "talent for making a huge mess" line hits way too close to home. I swear, my last winter project involved so much sanding and redoing that I might as well have just left it raw. The finish got all cloudy and sticky, no matter how much I tried to control the heat and humidity. It took me weeks to fix, and I still have nightmares about that fuzzy texture. Now I just accept that my garage is a no-go zone for finishes between November and April. Sometimes the best tool in the shop is a calendar telling you to wait for a dry day.