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grin
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 Wed, Aug 24 2011, 8:21 am
I'm so proud of myself. due to dh working overseas long-term, I've gradually learned to do all sorts of fix-it jobs around the house. This was another first for me - these little things give me a deep sense of accomplishment, of becoming in another small way more capable than I was before. 
I'm glad I didn't have to wait until ds came home from camp - it's time that I learned to fend for myself. 
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anon for this
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Wed, Aug 24 2011, 8:32 am
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Great job! How did you figure out how to do it? I'm a single parent and felt accomplished when I figured out how to relight the pilot on my water heater. Would've felt very silly calling a service person or neighbor to do that.
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grin
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Wed, Aug 24 2011, 8:38 am
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I looked carefully when I took apart the old one and used my intuition - which has improved a lot with practice!
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Dolly Welsh
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Wed, Aug 24 2011, 8:46 am
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I am feeling a little bit of concern. Maybe electrical and plumbing should be left to licensed professionals or their supervised helpers. Just a thought. Our plumber remarked that a lot of his work was fixing what civilians had done. He meant male civilians. Meaning, being male is no guarantee of competence in those two areas, so it's no knock on a woman that she shouldn't do them, either. But I understand your feeling, the joy of competence. That, however, fades with age. Now, I just want it taken care of, by anybody who knows how to do it; tip them, smile, they're gone, peace reigns again. Yay.
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