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Dana Jean

Dana Jean

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I've changed the coupler on a water heater, put in toilets, installed water facets, I've put down linoleum, I've changed tires, I've put in baseboards and moulding, I've replaced doorknobs, I've unclogged U joints in sinks, I've laid carpet, I've installed curtain rods, I installed a hardwood floor, I've done faux painting techniques all over the place, I've stained my patio and used those sprinkle paint chips and sealed it, I've jumped my car with battery cables, I've put in new electrical plug-ins, I've put in towel racks, I've caulked the bathtub and shower, I've separated the yoke from the white of an egg using a water bottle and suction, I gave birth to TWO human beings, I've done landscaping and gardening and quilting and I'm amazing. :confused::);)
 
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Dana Jean said:
I've changed the coupler on a water heater, put in toilets, installed water facets, I've put down linoleum, I've changed tires, I've put in baseboards and moulding, I've replaced doorknobs, I've unclogged U joints in sinks, I've laid carpet, I've installed curtain rods, I installed a hardwood floor, I've done faux painting techniques all over the place, I've stained my patio and used those sprinkle paint chips and sealed it, I've jumped my car with battery cables, I've put in new electrical plug-ins, I've put in towel racks, I've caulked the bathtub and shower, I've separated the yoke from the white of an egg using a water bottle and suction, I gave birth to TWO human beings, I've done landscaping and gardening and quilting and I'm amazing. :confused::);)
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Awesome lol I've also done the landscaping, floors, painting, unclogging and birthing :tongue-new:
 
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Dana Jean

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Now, there you have me. I am most certainly NOT the electronics Queen. And I'm like you in the fact that if I need help, I'll ask. (Although some people are easier to approach for help than others.) Usually when I get in project mode, I want it done NOW and I don't want to wait for someone's schedule to free up to help. So, I just do it.

Youtubes are fantastic for great tutorials on all sorts of home improvement things!
 
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ghost19

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Dana Jean said:
I've had to learn this stuff. I hate playing the helpless female.
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I like when I'm the handyman and Kate Beckinsale is the lady who needs her pipes cleaned and then we start to...????? What? How did I get here to the SKMB? But it was soooooo real....Come back Kate, come back!!!! I haven't finished cleaning your pipes or written your invoice yet!:lurve::lurve:
 
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ghost19 said:
I like when I'm the handyman and Kate Beckinsale is the lady who needs her pipes cleaned and then we start to...????? What? How did I get here to the SKMB? But it was soooooo real....Come back Kate, come back!!!! I haven't finished cleaning your pipes or written your invoice yet!:lurve::lurve:
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When I got married I moved into the house my now ex was in. It was a corner lot with a rotting white picket fence running along part of the length of the backyard next to the street. My ex had a dog and wanted to be able to let it into the backyard. So I began to plans for erecting a new fence all the way around the backyard. This meant that the fence needed to take a 90 to the house where the back ended and the side yard started, with logic dictating that that part of the fence include a gate. As I continued visualizing my plan, I decided that what really belonged for a gate was an arbor.

I'd never built an arbor before, so I looked in a Better Homes and Gardens magazine and found a design for one. I made some changes from what that deign required due to my lack of carpentry skills, and after installing the rest of the fence first, started building the arbor. I worked on it intently and with a commitment to professional-grade quality. Installing the arbor required careful planning since I couldn't install it in one piece - way too heavy. I decided to install it in two main pieces: the four, 4 x 4 legs connected with temporary braces to be perfectly square, and the top consisting of two arches held together by pieces of PVC pipe. I very carefully made sure to place the leg assembly exactly in the center between the house and the corner of the new fence near the street, and plum and square to the house. Once the cement had dried in the ground around the legs, I removed its temporary braces, then attached the arch assembly to the top of the legs. Because everything had been built square and the arbor was plum, I was assured not only that the pieces would fit but that it would look right.

Then I painted the fence and the arbor white, and planted climbing roses around the arbor. I got lots of compliments from neighbors. But the most important aspect of my plan was not to start on my personal arbor project until I'd made sure the backyard was secure for my now ex's dog. One must plan the whole picture.
 
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I have done many of things,I wouldn't have thought I could. I cut the muffler off my sisters car as it was hanging and dragging and she needed a new one. Heres the funny part. my 76 yr. old neighbor lady. Called me and asked if I could cut her muffler off its hanging she says. So I go over there and OMG. Brand new muffler and a clamp just came loose.:lol:
 
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