to think I am all round bloody marvellous woman who can fix stuff?

[Northernlurker]

I have had a hectic day at work - hectic week in fact. I took all three dcs to school/nursery in the car today because it was raining cats, dogs and bloody great elephants and seeing as I passed my driving test (first time) three months ago - I can . After work I picked up my dcs, went to Homebase and bought a new shower hose (dh broke the old one), I bought a new shower head in case of issues with the old one, I came home and I fixed the shower. Just like that. Just fixed it. Then I rang dh and told him it was fixed.
He said 'But how.....'. I said I'd show him when he came home, just so if I'm not around, you know, he can still do stuff.

I am so chuffed with myself. I drive, I fix things....what next?

Brain surgery or flapjacks?

So aibu to be all round bloody boastful that I kicked shower butt today?

I like this thread. You are a superhero!

Oh stop showing off and assemble some flat packed furniture will ya?

scarlet, I like flat pack too (not to look at or use, just to put together)

I went to drop DC at ExP's house and put together a flat pack shelving thing that had missing instructions for him because I am a show off kind :o

Boast AWAY! Go you driver, DIY expert and general amazing woman.

But... it does stick in my craw that, despite being able to work the bloody power tools I don't always have the upper body strength to wield them efficiently. An incident with a masonry bit and my garden wall won me an actual PAT ON THE HEAD and an 'Aww, well tried Betsy!' from my otherwise lovely 6ft 8in builder. He's lucky I didn't plunge it into his thigh (about my eye level.)

Wow that was hard work, I once laid a path and patio all by myself mixing the cement by hand, I crazy paved it. I've laid wood floors, dado rails up the stairs, laid carpet, floor tiles, built kitchen cabinets, and actually made a cabinet to surround the electricity meter.

You change a hose on a shower and think you are super woman, pffft.

Go me! And GO! all of you. ROAAAAAAAAR!

Ok - getting way over-excited now.

I have demonstrated my superhero capable woman abilities by;

bricklaying
tiling
floor laying
plastering (apparently I have a lovely wrist action)
flat packing
catching swarms of bees

I just don't do 'tricity.

Yandnbu.

Ooh I LOVE a good power tool. I've just been fiddling with my Dad's new nail gun. I need a holster.

X posted with you Fabby. I see all that hard work didn't sour your temper one jot.

I made good the wall round our bedroom window when I was 7.5 months pg and had an unexpected day off due to snow. I then went out in the snow to get two big bags of supplies and carry them home. Dh just did his office work from home

I also removed the light fitting that was masquerading as an octopus made of shower hose with candle bulbs at the end of each tentacle and wired in a normal light fitting myself.

I have done bugger all since [proud]

DIY whilst pg - excellent. I demolished a sofa with a crow bar at that point with dd2. I can plaster too - and decorate. Dh is useless at that.

My current favourite and latest enjoyable purchase is a FatMax screwdriver with a removable part in the handle that contains all the different bits. Last used to put up the curtain rail in my bedroom. Yesssss.

I know 'in theory' how to take a window out and replace with patio doors. Haven't found anyone to let me do it for them yet

To be honest I have never stopped to think of all the things I can do. Replaced the cylindar head gasket on an old car, filled, sanded and repaired dents, changed brakes, exhausts etc on bikes and cars. Stripped carbs on bikes, taken wheels off, replaced clutch cables etc Repaired brick walls, extended patios, laid paths. Could go on and on about home stuff too.

With an instruction manual you can do pretty much anything and a lot of things without.

YANBU! its like when I fixed my broken blinds with a stapler! INGENIOUS!

oo oo must tell you to try a rubber glove for opening jars. works wonders.

I love flatpacks too

Especially when I get to use my electric screwdriver to screw them together really casually