So here we go...

 So I am 33 (34 this month....but I still have a few weeks at 33...so I am 33)...anyway I digress.  I just bought my first home...its a little 938 square foot, single level town home.  From the minute I walked into it I loved it!!!  It has a cool breezy, beachy look.  In my search for my perfect home I learned that words like "cute" and "quaint" are clever euphemisms for "small"...however, for one single girl like me, small was just right!   

 So I put an offer in and get it and the rest is history....NOT!  Then comes the moving and then comes living in your own home...no landlord, no maintenance team and no one to call to check or fix things...there is you or the alternative...is paying someone or constantly relying on your wonderful male friends.   I decided, its time to be a big girl and do it on my own.  I am sick and tired of having to ask for help and rely on the generosity of my friends.  Besides...this is the year 2011...there is no reason I can't learn how to do everything "they" know how to do!  

My journey is just beginning.  Right now, I am not the DIY darling AT ALL!  I am a student at ASU, I work full time, I teach yoga and self defense/fitness.   I love pink, bows, and sun shiney days and my favorite quote is “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” said by the one and only, Coco Chanel. I love to read, cook and take long walks on the beach....OOPS wrong website  ;)   So you see...I am just an ordinary girl with NO, NONE, ZIP, NADDA, ZERO knowledge on how to do ANYTHING related to home repair or improvements.   

My goal is to become that powerhouse DIY darling in my title, and hopefully do it without blowing up my new house, or killing myself in some electrical fire I have caused because I decided I could re-wire my house by myself. 


I will write about each project I take on...and decide if I should DIY it OR call a professional.  My blog will also include info about tools that I learn about, where I bought them, good deals and all my blunders and success along the way...IF however this blog randomly stops, then you will know I have blown something up, hopefully not myself and have decided to leave it to the pros or my friends.


I have many projects I will be working on... no too much in the way or repairs right now...mostly just improvements and some renovations, and decorating.  However, as I am sure every homeowners knows, shit breaks....and I will fix it and blog it!


I hope other women out there will take up their hammer and tool belt and bear a new burden of becoming POWERHOUSE DIY DARLINGS!!!