i June is a month of crazy weather in Denver, Colorado. It is like it can't decide whether to be summer or winter. Then with each change comes the wind and rain or hail or snow. This June there was a derecho. Apparently this is the first one ever recorded in Denver. It is …
A Banner Day of Electrical Fixes!
Ding dong! Ding dong! Do you know what that is the sound of? No, not the finale of the Book of Mormon, and yes, it is the sound of the door bell. But more importantly, my friends, that is the sound of success! I fixed two electrical things today, a direct the result of a …
Life Hacks
You have seen those video postings on Facebook... Clever ways to re-purpose something to use as something else. If you are like me you click through 20 items trying to remember every one of them. My life hacks are more to do with using a tool for a task it probably wasn't in the …
The $2,000 Kitchen Remodel
I'll be honest, the idea of remodeling the home causes me a lot of anxiety. The reason I think, is the need to hand over control to someone else. In the case of our kitchen, I was able to strike a compromise and did not have to relinquish full control, as we had the help …
How to (Almost) Fix Christmas Lights…
If you are like me, you pulled out the boxes of decorations and in among the tinsel and stockings there were several sets of lights, that last year had been coiled up and thrown in the box. I read on http://www.familyhandyman.com (yes, you can bet I have an issue with the name of their …
Bathroom musings
We have a basement bathroom that needs renovating and its driving me crazy! There was an ad in the paper for 20% of basement remodels. I call the guy and set up a time. They called me back a total of FOUR times to reconfirm the time and to make sure that me and my …
It’s the Little Things… Part I
Recently on Facebook I read a comment stating how it's silly when people post about little things they built or fixed. The message in the post was, "Why would some people post about something so uninteresting?" Well, in my opinion it is much more interesting to read about something useful that I can learn from, …
When Fixing… Figure It Out As You Go.
Most of what I have learned is from observation and by asking questions. I gazed at the building site across from the balcony of our beach side unit while on vacation in Spain, I talked to the elevator repair guys at the hospital where I work and I asked the auto mechanic to explain the …
A Cunning Plan. How I Made the Fireplace Mantel
Our home as I have mentioned before, was built in 1926. It is in the Arts and Crafts style. This means that it has a lot of lovely architectural features but it also means it had a rather plain fireplace. No mantle (sad face). I wanted a place to hang Christmas stockings and to display …
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The Times the fixitlady Messed Up!
I have made some mistakes. You learn from mistakes. I have never messed up really big time though that I can recall (as defined by needing a trip to the hospital). Here are a couple of examples of medium level mistakes (defined as almost requiring emergency services) One time I messed up when refurbishing a …
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