LOL. Glad to encourage you. I am almost 67 and started ponding about 7-8 years ago. I'm cheap, retired and am on social security. DH has been laid off since November and it doesn't look good for him to go back to work. But really, what is behind all that is some inner need to try to create the things I see that people spend money on and I like to try to DIM, (do it myself). Most of the time I figure it out and DH, the plumber, helps but sometimes my ideas get tossed as they just won't work. Luckily, DH has the same instinct and has had exposure to a lot of stuff because of his career in construction. He knows a little about a lot of things. My thinking is to at least try something out and sometimes in the middle of the project, we begin to see how to tweak it this way or that and eventually,----wala!!
As with any group of people, you will get "very opinionated" responses from certain individuals from time to time. Yup, even me, depending on the topic. But I try to phrase my strong thoughts in a way that isn't critical or putdownish. Is that a word? It's OK to state opinions but isn't necessary to hurt feelings. Right?? As I try to convince my husband, we each should be allowed to have different opinions and state them but it doesn't mean we don't like each other because of it. Some folks have not learned the need, or technique of disagreeing so if you see it happening here, just throw it in the bag with all the other opinions and shake it up. If the opinion is worth using, then wonderful. If not, toss it.
