When I start to tell a story about my day, my husband will sometimes ask, "Will it be long? Should I sit down and grab a beverage?" Obviously he is teasing me about the detailed accounts I tend to tell (There is no Reader's Digest Version.) I do wonder if I should just tell the end result but sometimes I see that more explanation is needed. 

For an example I am totally making up, I'm nearly positive he'd have questions if I came home and said to him, "I bought 1000 yards of fence, a hundred fence...