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" I know I share a lot of my frustrations with all of you from this process, but honestly, the worst part about Peter leaving most days is that I have no one around to do &amp;quot;stuff&amp;quot;. I have a laundry list of &amp;quot;stuff&amp;quot; and it all needs to get taken care of - mundane things like weed pulling and edging and what do I spray on the lawn to kill the dandelions but leave the lawn green. Then there&amp;#039;s the more complicated stuff like the roof needs a couple of shingles, the washer stops in spin cycle and I need to replace the heating element in the oven. All of this is stuff Peter would have taken care of, and now I&amp;#039;m going to have to do myself or pay someone to do. For all his faults as a husband, he was awfully handy around the house. I&amp;#039;ve managed to figure out how to change the spool on the weed whacker, and following some good DIY sites on the web, I managed to change the flapper and ball assembly in an upstairs toilet. I bought my first drill and fixed my screen door, too. My sister-in-law told me that when my brother used to travel a lot, they invested in a home-mainenance company. You pay a chunk of money annually, and then for a small fee per use, they&amp;#039;d come and fix all that stuff - appliances, home repairs, etc. I&amp;#039;ve never heard of anything like this, but after researching them, it seems like a good idea. In fact, I think it&amp;#039;s reasonable to ask Peter to have to pay the annual fee and I&amp;#039;ll pick up the per-use charge. After all, his kids live in this house two-thirds of their lives (and more). I&amp;#039;d think he&amp;#039;d want to make sure the place isn&amp;#039;t crumbling around them. I also feel that it should probably be written into the support agreement. What do you think? I plan to enroll in some free classes at Home Depot and Lowe&amp;#039;s so I can learn to do more of this stuff, but I certainly can&amp;#039;t do it all. Not yet, anyway. :)  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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