Honestly, I'm not sure that I know any mom who isn't a handyman … or shall we say handywoman. Something breaks, mamá finds a way to fix it. Something needs sprucing up, mamá finds a way to spruce it up.
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Mom wants more shelves for storage, she can either wait around, pay for someone else to do it, or do it herself exactly the way she wants it.
I've never made, fixed, put together, or installed as many things as I have since becoming a mom. It's not that I couldn't use help or that I don't have help available, it's more that I need what I need ASAP and I'll get to it faster than someone else will.
Becoming handy leads to acquiring a few tools: tools of the conventional kind and also tools in the form of tips and tricks. Here are six great tips and tricks for a mom that is also the handyman.
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