THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BEING HANDY AROUND THE HOUSE
• If you can’t find a screwdriver, use a knife. If you break off the tip, it’s an improved screwdriver.
• Despite what you may have been told by your mother, praying and cursing are both helpful in home repair — but only if you are working alone.
• Work in the kitchen whenever you can. That way you’re close to the refrigerator.
• If it’s electronic, get a new one, or consult a twelve-year-old.
• If it looks old and worn out, paint it.
• Always take credit for miracles. If you dropped the toaster while taking it apart and it suddenly starts working, you have healed it.
• If something looks level, it is level.
• And finally, if at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.
FOODS TO AVOID ON A FIRST DATE: What’s your first date food horror story? A survey of singles said you must avoid these foods on the first date… or two or three.
• Spaghetti
• Ribs
• Corn on the Cob
• Spinach
• Mexican. Not so much the food, but the effect that this type of food tends to have on the body.
• Garlic Bread
• Cheesy Pizza
• Chicken wings
• Anything Super Spicy
• Lobster
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE TRULY LOVES YOU? _ How do you know when someone truly loves you? Here are some of the responses on reddit.
• When they sit through your 12th rewatch of the same show and pretend it’s the first time.
• When they open up to you, speak about their feelings, make time for you, make you food.
• They are kind to you even when you are fighting.
• Every Sunday night before we go to sleep, my husband says, “I had another really nice weekend with you.”
• When they don’t get mad that you ate the snack they were saving “for later.”
• How do you describe the wind. You can’t. But you sure feel it.
