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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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    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

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    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

    X

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    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

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    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

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    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!