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If I can fix a toilet, anyone can

August 12, 2009, in Deployment, Military Life by

The old dog is learning new tricks. 

Let me start by saying, I am not handy.  I call tools “thingys and dohickeys” and such.  So when things break around here, and DH is gone, and (I was raised by depression effected folks) I am to stubborn to pay someone $80 to show up at my house.  That is a phone bill, or 4 bags of groceries!

 I fixed the toilet  myself.  This time I actually videotaped it.  I was not intending on it, but my 7 year old son and I decided what the heck.

In good news, it was just a simple toilet flush lever.  I replaced it for $6.78, instead of the $80.00 I probably would have paid a plumber for his time, and parts. 

I am not sure if you get the idea, my videographer after all is 7.  He almost stuck my camera in the tank. 

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About Rachelle

Rachelle began her Military Spouse career when her future husband proposed to her in a letter during Desert Shield. Mail took over a month to arrive back then, and they only had three phone calls with each other in the ten months they were separated. They were married at a small ceremony a week after he returned home. Rachelle's husband moved her to Ft. Bragg, NC, all of their combined possessions filling her small, two-door car. In 1992, they left active duty and moved back to their home state where she went to nursing school and he joined the Army National Guard as a traditional Soldier as he went to school. In 1999, Rachelle's husband was offered a full-time National Guard position in Arkansas, where they lived for eight years.

In 2002, their son was born (MFO Deployment) and in 2003, their daughter was born (OIF2). In 2008, they moved back to their home state to live close to family. Rachelle has been an active contributor with SpouseBUZZ since 2005. She currently works full-time at a physician’s office, and is active with her church and school's PTO. Her son has recently been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a subject that she is exhaustingly studying and learning to work with day-by-day. In 2010, Rachelle's mother-in-law moved in with the family, and they added a German shorthaired pointer named "Poncho" to the tribe as well. Rachelle enjoys spending as much "down time" with her family as possible - usually something outdoors or movie nights. Her favorite foods are sushi, steak, chocolate, and coffee. Her special skills include being an awesome cook, identifying odd accents by state or country, having an incredible sense of smell (almost bloodhound-like), and watching people at airports during long, unexpected layovers.

Comments

  1. Sarah (luvslikepi) says:
    August 13, 2009 at 7:18 am

    Awesome..now we all know how to do it!

  2. myande says:
    August 13, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    I think that AWTM has hit the jackpot. Lets find a way to post a video of everything we have to fix.If we all have our children or can manage to find a way to stabalize a video recorder or camera we will never have to pay someone to fix something. Better than trying to explain over the phone….Great job by the way.

  3. AWTM says:
    August 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    I think next time will try to be more instructional! But heck, I was not even sure if I would actually be repairing the darn thing or not!
    I wish people would send videos of themselves repairing things, or doing things they never thought they could do!!

  4. Mrs G says:
    August 14, 2009 at 7:42 am

    I propose a "How to Fix It" book for military wives BY miltary wives. With all the lingo of dohickeys, thing-a-ma-gigs and bobs or thing-a-ma-bobber-dohickey-thingys so the average military wife understands ;P …with illustrations, before during and after.

  5. Tammi says:
    August 15, 2009 at 9:18 am

    FANTASTIC!! And how much do I love his directorial debut! I see an entire series of Dashing Sir Rowland's Household Repairs. Assisted by Mom, of course…….