I am as I am

Can we fix it ourselves ? This is the first thing I ask myself when things are not working properly and, or need to be repaired. If I can I do.

If I can't, I go to my go to people . . . son, Josh can fix many things. Josh recently replaced the kitchen sink along with faucets, pipes, and now no leaks in drainage or intake pipes or faucets. Josh had to replace alot of pipes this summer from last winters' freeze.

When I spotted a stain on the ceiling in my bathroom, it was Josh who climbed on my roof to check what was going on with the shingles. He advised me to buy two bundles and knew the exact color and type, along with the correct nails, the roof was repaired in that spot and all the shingles that had blew off over the last few years were replaced.

I in turn sew up splits in jeans, replace zippers, sew on buttons by machine or buy hand as needed. I do alterations of long pants to shorts and adjust the length of sleeves by taking off the cuff, cutting off the excess fabric, and replacing the cuff.

Time and know how goes a long way, and of course, the desire to do it for ourselves, rather than pay someone else to do these sometimes tedious projects, knowlegde if power. My son, TJ, has in the past changed my oil in my vehicle, replaced brake pads, and replaced headlight and taillight bulbs.

TJ turned his backyard into over an acre vegetable garden. I had asked for enough okra to have some to freeze. I have several 2 gallon bags frozen for this winter and had okra all summer to eat fresh, and the okra is still going strong. TJ used his pressure canner to can green beans, irish potatoes, beets,and water bath canned tomatoes, and pickled cucumbers, beets, and okra.

I am so blessed to be alive. . . to have my 4 children . . to have my 7 grandchildren . . . to have
my family that loves me and accepts me as I am . . . . Diane