I always hire the best…. after all, I want others to hire me for my talents, don’t I? 

Cosmetic and most small repairs I tackle myself, structural I leave to those with more strength and crews. I have found some good handymen, and for installations I use home depot and thier people.

Although it takes a lot of time, I kind of like painting, and doing some creative things with the paintbrush. Somebody gave me what use to be a bathroom vanity that was large enough to ditch the top part, put on a flat surface and made a perfect addtiion to the porch to use for all the potting and planting tools in the spring and summer. Just needed to use my porch colors and repaint the bottom and the possiblities are endless.

I figured out how to do a lot of things for myself when I got divorced.  What I couldn’t figure out for myself, I knew people who could give me pointers. I found out that I actually enjoyed doing stuff around the house for myself. I even made a lamp. I don’t mess with the cars, though.  I have a sweetie now, who is multi-talented.  His hobby is building race car motors, so I’m learning a little by osmosis :)

A lot of the minor stuff I can do myself: paint, change locks, strip woodwork, take apart & clean out a sink drain.  Other stuff my kid brother or dad help me with, or take care of it themselves. Sometimes it’s easier to just step out of the way & let them swing in on their vines & deal with something, even if I can fix it myself.

For some stuff I call in pros; taking down a tree in the yard, furnace & A.C. maintenance, etc.

I have learned not to mess with plumbing or electricity.  Just about anything else, I’ll give it a try.

Drat!  Still with the pie chart.

Our son can do anything and usually will do it for us.  But there are some things:  plumbing, electricity that we really hire an expert for.  Otherwise, i can sometimes figure it out.

I’ve always called someone else. I have absolutely no patience for it. I also don’t have the kind of mind that can look at things and see how they go together in a mechanical sense. or any kind of construction sense. I have to have instructions that say do a then be then c for any kind of repair. so most of the time i call somebody. or my husband of course. who can do most things but also has no patience.