Handywoman!!!

I love being handy. I think I get this from my mom. Mom can pretty much do anything.  I grew up completely confident in the fact that Mom could do everything from decorate a wedding cake to helping me draw a cover for my book report. 

I love her for instilling the "can do" attitude in me.  I hate hate hate having to ask for help for household fix-it type problems...so I generally try it myself.  I also generally foul the project up a few times...but it eventually works out ok.

So, we needed a new toilet. The old one wasn't broken....but it was terrible. 

I once read a book by Jack Weyland called Charley. One of my favorite parts in the book was when the newlyweds got a new appliance- - I think it was a washer and dryer. The author described how much they totally loved their new addition and how they gazed at it lovingly.  I feel that way, too.  I love new washers, dryers, frying pans, water heaters...these lovely little contraptions that make our lives so much easier.

So, here is my fantastic new toilet.  Hmmmm...I tightened down the water source, stood up and flushed it, and found myself gazing lovingly at my beautiful new throne.  It didn't even leak!  The lid didn't blow off nor did water shoot ten feet in the air. So, to all you out there who may think twice about taking on a project like this....give it a try.  I say if you can read directions you can install a toilet!

p.s.  The kids thought I was the bomb when I got it installed. They fought about who got to use it first!  haha.