Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Welcome and why I'm here...

The idea for a blog like this can been floating in my head for a while. Growing up, I always wondered why there were male and female oriented tasks in the house. My mom wasn't the image of a 1950's housewife and was the major breadwinner, but fix it stuff was always deemed to be my dad's job. She did the cooking and cleaning. I decided I was going to be different. Why couldn't I do both? When my parents bought me a pink tool set mostly as a joke in college so I'd stop stealing my dad's tools I was thrilled. The tools were crappy, but they gave me a chance to start trying stuff out. I always watched my dad fixing things, so why couldn't I. Why have a "Honey Do List" when you can have an "I Can Do List". Bit by bit I took on tasks. Sometimes I failed, but more and more I was successful. I got over my fear of trying to fix things and started developing my own collection of tools.

Now I'm not all tomboy. I always loved playing the warrior princess as a child. My dreams never involved being rescued by a prince. Now that I'm grown I love rocking my power tools just as much as my sewing machine. I'm my grandma's daughter and learned to sew at her feet in the sewing room. Snips and scraps became quilts, costumes, and dresses. My grandmother was and my mom is a phenomenal baker, so crafting and baking come naturally to me as I grew up watching them bake.. Now that I have two daughters of my own I want them to have the chance to be like me, handy AND crafty. What better example can we set for our daughters?