next challenge DIY :(

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Well as you all know i love a challenge but im stuck and its all thanx to a very sarcastic so called friend , i can turn my hand to most things as ive found out since i lost ju, i even now have greenfingers unbelievable if youve read some of my early blogs on here ,

only this morning ive made bread for the first time , and has come out fantastic,

So why am i struggling, well i bought a new washing line when my daughter broke the other one breaking in as shed lost her key , this friend was here when it arrived and offered to put it up for me ,which he did , i thought no more of it ,till tue he popped in to drop something off when he realised its on a lean , so procceded to tell me to get this filler ect which i did , he then turned up yesterday to see if id done it ,well i replied no as cant do it in rain it says on the box , he made me feel like a child i was so cross as he obviously knows better than the box ,something to do with filler expanding in wet ,well thats fine but i need 2 pairs of hands one to hold it straight one to fill the hole , but did he offer no and i wasnt going to ask him ,

anyway i carried on with what i was doing hammering nails in to put something up ,i was so cross i nearly lost my hand in the process ,he was drinking his coffee laughing, at that point i said hadnt you better be getting back to work ( i didnt add before i lump you with my hammer ) so off he went with a sarcastic comment , "i wont buy you a drill for xmas youd be dangerous " well that was it i reminded him politely that im fab with a hedge trimmer and could be very dangerous with it  if i was cross !!!!

Ive just read that back and im lol ,as it sounds so funny , mad woman with hammer and hedge cutter ,

But what happened to all those offers of help !! all i want is some pointers and i will bloody do it myself , as i do with everything else ,im more than capable i may look like a daft woman but im not , ive got taps that move in kids bathroom, towel rails keep falling down , i could just use superglue but dont think thats a good idea , my wheels keep falling of the lawnmower , the petrol one wont start ,a lamp shade that wont stay up, its all the little annoying things ,

But i will not let a sarcastic sexist man beat me ! no way , my best friend describes him as a lech ! i need say no more !!!!!!

love and hugs to all ,hope i made you smile xxxx

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi Jenni,

    If you want to do something right do it yourself and that will keep them quiet.

    Take care and be safe Big Hugs Love Jackie.xxx

  • Former Member
    Former Member

    I made bread once and no one ate it so I threw it out for the birds who after they had eaten had to walk south for the winter. I have some very ambitious DIY projects but I can't see anything atraight, need to measure everything four times and it still doesn't fit but hey ho - life goes on. A wonky line post is not the end of the world. Sounds like you have mastered the basics anyway - you show 'em.

    Keep smiling

    love

    Drew

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi Jenni - so the birthday mood is over huh ? - lol - you'll get it done - you have with everything else !!

    Few years back M asked me to put a shelf up - well actuall it of may of been more than once - hard to tell when you are not listening - lol

    Came home from work one day and she proudly told me she had bought herself a drill and the shelf was now up - and it was - right height, dead level and securley fixed - fanatstic job !

    Mind you it took me about 2 day to fill al the trial and practice holes she had drilled - the wall looked like something off the news when they show shell pock marked walls in a war zone !

    I did the other shelf she wanted the same day - still wondering if I got out thought again !!

    Hugs Mate

    John xx

  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Measure twice, cut once, Drew.  Well that's what my other half keeps telling me, though how he'd know, I don't know!!  Must have been something he learned on his father's knee!

    Leave it til the weekend Jenn and get the kids to help.  

    Marsha x

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    Former Member

    You'll get there Jen you don't need 'friends' like that.  Get the kids to help you like Marsha says.  Caroline XX

    PS It was a very funny read Lol!