Sunday, September 20, 2009

Ode to a Handyman


What can I say....except that my man is SO smart!! There is very little that he cannot do. He can build houses, fix cars, put in water lines, soder pipes...you name it he does it. Granted there are some things he just can't do, but most things he can. Every major appliance in our house has gone out one time or another in our
26 years of marriage....and he puts on his thinking cap and fixes them. Just this past week our Dyson vacuum started making this horrendous noise. I tried to figure it out. Couldn't do it. So, I tell my handyman when he gets home and VOILA....he takes it apart and finds a little roller that guides the belt has fallen out. THEN....a few days later, I'm doing laundry and feel water on my feet. The washing machine is leaking. Having only the manual, which doesn't have a schematic of the thing....he gets on the internet and finds it. Then he proceeds to eliminate what it could be until he finds the defective part. Part ordered....machine repaired. JUST LIKE THAT!! He never learned things like this from his Dad....but he is very quick to teach our boys...they work beside him so they can learn. I hope that you are as blessed as I am to have your own "handyman"....

3 comments:

Rene said...

I have a "Handyman" too and I love it! I can't imagine the money we have saved over the years from all of the things Darrell has fixed rather than calling someone or replacing... WOOHOO for our guys!

~ My 3 sOnS ~ said...

ditto on that!! It is definatly great that our men are so "handy" :)

Thompson Tales said...

Got me a handy man too!!!! It saves so much money that they are able to fix things, and are not afraid to figure things out!!! As a matter of fact, he gets calls all the time from people to fix things!!