Question of the Day - Tuesday September 10th

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Today's question is -

Do you consider yourself handy around the house?




I am. I don't hesitate to pick up a paintbrush, hammer, assemble something, etc. I told one of my friends yesterday that I was starting to pain the house and she was horrified because she would never consider doing it. :lol3:

Only when it comes to cooking and cleaning

I can do many things and fix stuff(either truly fix or rig it if it is beyond reasonable repair).  I will try to do anything.  only way to learn is to practice  My husband says he never knows what to expect as one time he went to sleep heard some noise woke up to the wood panels removed(house was to dark...lol)

I'll have a go at most things, but have pretty bad chemical insensitivity, so if I want to paint, sand etc I have to wear one of those WWII - type gas masks!

Still.. necessity is the mother of invention, so I've normally found my way around things.

Usually, yes. It depends on what it is. Painting a room? Sure! Painting the outside of the house? Uh uh, I hire someone for that (when I owned).

Nope.   My husband does most of that stuff.

Yup, definitely. Since living on a farm, tore down some structures, built some stalls for the horses, built a chicken coop. Painted a bunch of stuff too.
 

Also changed the locks on the house, fixed the shower, tinkered over small things on the cars - like fixing the lights. If it counts, I'm also a seamstress. I'm always the go-to person when someone needs help with the Tv or computer...
 

The only thing I don't really do is the toilet. It's my one squeemish bit.

My mom is the same! She is a very handy person, and a gardener. I mostly learned everything from her, then some local farmers. Other times I taught myself. My dad never was handy haha (Which is funny, since his brother is a mechanic. But my dad is a physicist, so just picture a Finnish version of Sheldon Cooper) but he was the cook of the family. Early in my childhood, he was the one who stayed home while my mom went to work.

 

I hate cooking, and I hate cleaning. Though of course I do clean anyway because, well, it is being respsonsible and coming sense. But at least I'm still useful with other things! I'm happy this way  I'm not a lover of doing renovations or carpentry, but still thankfull of the skills/self reliancy in the long run, really happy with my "unconventional" family, and just overall gotta do what you gotta do.

I'm not too handy. But if I don't do it ,it won't get done.

More mechanically inclined than being handy although I can string wire and change light fixtures and do small plumbing repairs. That reminds me - MUST fix the light switch on the tractor

Yes then DH complains about the tools missing. My thing is if he did it the first time I wouldnt have to use his tools to fix things, therfore they wouldnt go missing.

Yes, I've painted a few times, helped put some stuff together and my favorite was putting up a rock wall in my brother-in-law's house.

My Mom was notorious for approaching Dad with tools in both hands (fully knowing neither one was fit for the job that needed doing :lol3 and asking which one she needed.

Yep!  My Grandparents and Mom always let me be involved with projects growing up.  I like those more than regular ol cleaning.  DH and I have done a lot of painting together over the years but I've also done plenty on my own.  I'm good with most tools; just a little nervous about using the power tools I've never used before.  I know I've used a jigsaw in the past; but not on my own and not the one we own now for certain!  So I'm hesitant to do that without help.

I know it might sound weird; but painting and things like installing moldings in the house are some of my very favorite things to do with DH.  We work well together.  

I can do it, but Rick prefers that I don't. No matter what I do, I can't do it to please him. He would have done it "this" way instead. I can paint; in fact, I think I'm a rather good painter. Rick has issues with the way I paint, though, but for the life of me, I don't paint any differently than he does. Except I'm probably a lot slower and I tend to make more of a mess. When we put the new floor in the bedroom, Rick will do it and he won't want me to help. I think he's a little "old-fashioned" in that way, that he thinks he should be doing some things.

In the spring, when the weather starts to warm up, I'll make up a list of things I want done around the house and the yard during the summer. It's a mix of short tasks combined with things that will take a while. It takes him a while to get started, but the list is usually all marked off by the end of the summer.

I do, mainly because I live alone and I dont think I could trust Sooty to do any manly work LOL!!

If I cant do something I ask Blaine or my youngest brother

i like DIY stuff. last year i painted the outside of the house. my neighbor, who's a handyman, told me 'i can do it. it's only paint. the big argument with DH wasn't about what color but  that  'the wife painted the house.

last fall i took out all the carpet, painted the whole inside and put vinyl flooring in, the strips that click together.

after that i put in metal fencepost and replaced  the old wooden fence with a new one. DH did help me with the 2x4's.

and then i dug up the parking strip in front of the house, it was just crabgrass, and put in all succulents.

Hubby gets scared when i say 'let's go to Home Depot. he's not handy at all. he always asks me why i want to do whatever project when you can pay someone else. just to see if i can.

i get worried if i see him with a hammer or any tool in his hands

l love to tackle anything that's hands on. Back before l started my home business, l lived in a big old house with an unused summer kitchen. l insulated it, put up and finished the gyproc, installed the ceiling, put in a ceiling fan, painted, sanded the bare plank floor, and stained and varnished it. l was particularly proud of the floor.

At this house, my son and l installed a patio, built the fence, and built a shed (which is now rendered useless since a giant spider took it as its home!).

I am. Sometimes I have to get my dad's help if it's something I can't do, but for the most part I am, sense it's just me!