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<font color=darkorchid>Her Royal Meanness "SLAP"<b
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As a man (ok quit your chuckling right now dammit!!), believe me when I tell you, you don't need a man to do those things. You can learn to do them jsut as easily if not better than a man. Most of the time those things get done around the house by Shannon and I collaborating. Not because of any terrific "insight" I as a man have. In fact Shannon has used more power tools than I have, hands down. My father was never one of those "handy men" who knew how to fix things. I remember getting a bike for Christmas one year and I had to put it together because my father didn't know how (not to mention I had to borrow some tools from a friend).
The internet is your friend. So are some of those home reno stores that offer free classes for DIY's. It's not a guy exclusive thing...
Plus once you figure it all out, c'mon up to Canada and do it for my house!!
Ya I have to agree with Ken, you don't "need" a man at all.
I bought my house @ 26 years old, on my own.
Quite a big deal in the Bay Area in 1990.
It was a fixer upper and it's been a the best thing I ever could have done, both financially and personally.
My dad always tinkered around our house, so I just followed in his foot steps.
When Paul and I met (2+ years after I had the house), he had never even held a hammer. I taught, forced, encouraged him to learn how to be a plumber. I think to this day that is his most hated task in the world, but knowing how to do stuff makes it easy to decide how and what to fix should something break. He says he is glad that he can work and pay someone else to do it now. But when times are tight we can for sure take care of it ourselves and that is a good thing to know.
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I told him all babies look sort of weird the day they're born and that she'll look different soon. 
Well, I can sure dream about it. 
Hi Shannon!!!!
