Charging My She-Ra Powers

First of all I will share a little back story. I was tom-boyish growing up. Don't get me wrong I still loved being girly sometimes, but overall I was a tough little girl. This was mainly due to the fact that I was raised mostly by my dad and he always had me help with fixing the car and doing projects around the house. He always made me feel that a girl could do anything a boy could.

Here is where She-Ra comes in. I loved the show He-Man when I was little (among many other boy shows like Transformers and Thunder Cats). He-Man was awesome, but just as awesome was his sister She-Ra. She could do anything and she kind of became my hero (or rather heroine). Whenever I do something that most girls have to rely on a guy for I am so proud of myself and call it "Charging my She-Ra powers." I know you probably think this is silly, but I'm just telling it like it is.

Anyway, I have totally been a superwoman this week. Earlier in the week I changed the spark plugs in my car. Sure my hubby was there and helped a little, but I did all the work. It was the first time I had done it and I was so proud of myself. I have done other car related things like changing the oil a lot, but it was fun to learn something new.

Today was another She-Ra type day. I was lucky to not have to work and so I decided to take care of some projects around the house. I had a fairly leisurely morning of reading and then my dad and I went to the hardware store to grab a few things we needed.

First of all we fixed the tub in the hall bathroom. The tub had a steady trickle of water coming out of the faucet for quite a while that we have all been procrastinating fixing. I picked out the right stems and seats and then my dad and I changed them out.

After that we prepped the hall ceiling for being re-textured. We are removing all the nasty popcorn ceiling (it's real name is acoustic ceiling) throughout the house slowly but surely. After we sanded down some uneven spots and patched a few parts we were ready to pull out the texture gun. It was a ton of fun to use and the hall ceiling looks so good now that it has the same orange peel texture as the walls. I stopped tonight after I had put primer on the ceiling. It was getting really late. I'm so excited to finish the hall by painting the ceiling and walls and then hooking up the new lights we bought. I think I will have Soren teach me how to hook up the lights so I can learn another thing to be self sufficient.

I'm on my way to becoming Julie the Plumber, Mechanic, Painter, Carpenter, Electrician, etc. However that's way too long, so just call me:

Julie: Princess of Power!