I always wondered, 'should I have a bunch of kids? raise one to be a carpenter, one a plumber, one a gardener?' that way, they could be my indentured slaves, to maintain the house?

In the end, I decided all that food to raise them? Nah, I'll just fix it myself. My house was built in 1896. Not a square room left, level? nope! and like you said,

It can be a pass in the ass at times though, there's always something to do... and it seems always too little time to do it.