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... buy one or more Pre-Owned Toilet Seats, huh Eh ma'am?
Sensible stylish Eh ma'am!  Sensible, SENSIBLE stylish STYLISH Eh ma'am!
Bad lazy party-animal Eh ma'am!  Bad, BAD lazy LAZY party-animal PARTY-ANIMAL Eh ma'am!

A year ago today, Himself passed all his transplant labs and tests. With flying colors. Who knew.
 
Celebrated today by driving an hour each way to get the first vaccination.
 
Roof men spent yesterday afternoon making a terrific racket up on my roof. The roof line looked wonky because it dipped 6 inches in the center. They aren't done yet, they have put everything back, but have to come out again to put on new shingles. It's "dried in", they say, so in spite of the charming weather forecast it won't get wet until they can get back here.
 
In light of all that, I went to Hobby Lobby. Got a few 1/12 bits and bobs for the book nook I am working on. For the rest of the day I plan to be a sook, eat chocolate, and go to bed early. 

A year ago today, Himself passed all his transplant labs and tests. With flying colors. Who knew.
 
Celebrated today by driving an hour each way to get the first vaccination.
 
Roof men spent yesterday afternoon making a terrific racket up on my roof. The roof line looked wonky because it dipped 6 inches in the center. They aren't done yet, they have put everything back, but have to come out again to put on new shingles. It's "dried in", they say, so in spite of the charming weather forecast it won't get wet until they can get back here.
 
In light of all that, I went to Hobby Lobby. Got a few 1/12 bits and bobs for the book nook I am working on. For the rest of the day I plan to be a sook, eat chocolate, and go to bed early. 

A year ago today, Himself passed all his transplant labs and tests. With flying colors. Who knew.
 
Celebrated today by driving an hour each way to get the first vaccination.
 
Roof men spent yesterday afternoon making a terrific racket up on my roof. The roof line looked wonky because it dipped 6 inches in the center. They aren't done yet, they have put everything back, but have to come out again to put on new shingles. It's "dried in", they say, so in spite of the charming weather forecast it won't get wet until they can get back here.
 
In light of all that, I went to Hobby Lobby. Got a few 1/12 bits and bobs for the book nook I am working on. For the rest of the day I plan to be a sook, eat chocolate, and go to bed early. 

Man. I joined in 2007, Why am I still here?!?

Had to get the handyman out this morning. Stepped in cold water in the middle of the night in the bathroom. Seems there is a leak, and the wax ring on the loo needs replacing. Given that, so does the subfloor on inspection. Very wet and spongy, the floor isn't meant to sag under your weight. Where I pulled the lino back, the floor underneath crumbles like old crackers.  He will be back in the morning to yank everything out and replace it.
One thing after another here in Happy Land.

Win. Water company have not charged me for the well more than usual gallons of water that spewed from broken pipe.
Dining room painted, new floor going down tomorrow, provided my back allows.
Just watched a FB live from a friend of mine standing on hilltops near Opotoki this morning. There have been some very large earthquakes near the shaky isles this morning. Tsunami sirens going off in the background. Yikes.
Finally old enough for something. On the list for the vaccine, although it is still weeks away here. I wish more of the CDC's answers to questions didn't say "We simply don't know".  I'd like to go home, please.
 
 

A year ago today, Himself passed all his transplant labs and tests. With flying colors. Who knew.
 
Celebrated today by driving an hour each way to get the first vaccination.
 
Roof men spent yesterday afternoon making a terrific racket up on my roof. The roof line looked wonky because it dipped 6 inches in the center. They aren't done yet, they have put everything back, but have to come out again to put on new shingles. It's "dried in", they say, so in spite of the charming weather forecast it won't get wet until they can get back here.
 
In light of all that, I went to Hobby Lobby. Got a few 1/12 bits and bobs for the book nook I am working on. For the rest of the day I plan to be a sook, eat chocolate, and go to bed early. 

A year ago today, Himself passed all his transplant labs and tests. With flying colors. Who knew.
 
Celebrated today by driving an hour each way to get the first vaccination.
 
Roof men spent yesterday afternoon making a terrific racket up on my roof. The roof line looked wonky because it dipped 6 inches in the center. They aren't done yet, they have put everything back, but have to come out again to put on new shingles. It's "dried in", they say, so in spite of the charming weather forecast it won't get wet until they can get back here.
 
In light of all that, I went to Hobby Lobby. Got a few 1/12 bits and bobs for the book nook I am working on. For the rest of the day I plan to be a sook, eat chocolate, and go to bed early. 

Had to get the handyman out this morning. Stepped in cold water in the middle of the night in the bathroom. Seems there is a leak, and the wax ring on the loo needs replacing. Given that, so does the subfloor on inspection. Very wet and spongy, the floor isn't meant to sag under your weight. Where I pulled the lino back, the floor underneath crumbles like old crackers.  He will be back in the morning to yank everything out and replace it.
One thing after another here in Happy Land.

Man. I joined in 2007, Why am I still here?!?

Man. I joined in 2007, Why am I still here?!?

We (and probably also you) are floored by this finding, si and sigh Eh ma'am.
If you buy one POTS for the price of two, you'll receive a second POTS absolutely free, si Eh ma'am.
The handyman can install both probably during the other jobs, si Eh ma'am.
We thought that we would brighten your day with the above, si Eh ma'am.

Had to get the handyman out this morning. Stepped in cold water in the middle of the night in the bathroom. Seems there is a leak, and the wax ring on the loo needs replacing. Given that, so does the subfloor on inspection. Very wet and spongy, the floor isn't meant to sag under your weight. Where I pulled the lino back, the floor underneath crumbles like old crackers.  He will be back in the morning to yank everything out and replace it.
One thing after another here in Happy Land.

Had to get the handyman out this morning. Stepped in cold water in the middle of the night in the bathroom. Seems there is a leak, and the wax ring on the loo needs replacing. Given that, so does the subfloor on inspection. Very wet and spongy, the floor isn't meant to sag under your weight. Where I pulled the lino back, the floor underneath crumbles like old crackers.  He will be back in the morning to yank everything out and replace it.
One thing after another here in Happy Land.

Win. Water company have not charged me for the well more than usual gallons of water that spewed from broken pipe.
Dining room painted, new floor going down tomorrow, provided my back allows.
Just watched a FB live from a friend of mine standing on hilltops near Opotoki this morning. There have been some very large earthquakes near the shaky isles this morning. Tsunami sirens going off in the background. Yikes.
Finally old enough for something. On the list for the vaccine, although it is still weeks away here. I wish more of the CDC's answers to questions didn't say "We simply don't know".  I'd like to go home, please.
 
 

Win. Water company have not charged me for the well more than usual gallons of water that spewed from broken pipe.
Dining room painted, new floor going down tomorrow, provided my back allows.
Just watched a FB live from a friend of mine standing on hilltops near Opotoki this morning. There have been some very large earthquakes near the shaky isles this morning. Tsunami sirens going off in the background. Yikes.
Finally old enough for something. On the list for the vaccine, although it is still weeks away here. I wish more of the CDC's answers to questions didn't say "We simply don't know".  I'd like to go home, please.
 
 

Solvent Eh ma'am!  Solvent, SOLVENT Eh ma'am!
Party-animal Eh ma'am!  Party-animal, PARTY-ANIMAL Eh ma'am!
Shaky Eh ma'am!  Shaky, SHAKY Eh ma'am!
Ancient Eh ma'am!  Ancient, ANCIENT... uh, er, hang on a second here man...

True. In spite of my attempts to keep it from happening my pipes are frozen. I did all the appropriate things. Heat tape on, has been since Christmas, pipes are insulated, Himself did that and it is intact. I left the water to dribble into the bathroom and kitchen sinks Saturday night. No water since I got up yesterday morning. Well...some water. The cold taps both are running, it's just the hot that isn't.  I put the little space heater into the crawl space, and ran it all afternoon yesterday, but it didn't help. And if I couldn't thaw them yesterday when it was eighteen, no way can I thaw them today when it is ten. Meant to be - six overnight. At this point all I can do is wait it out.
 
We had roughly four inches of snow, and there are still flurries.  Meant to be more coming mid-week. The temps are not going to get above freezing until Friday. So far the power has not been a problem. I have got a camp stove and a propane heater if it fails.
 
Herself was fine yesterday when there was just a little snow on the grass. Today not so much.  She comes in covered in little snowballs. I can say that the snow in the back yard is ¾ of a Yorkie deep.

Win. Water company have not charged me for the well more than usual gallons of water that spewed from broken pipe.
Dining room painted, new floor going down tomorrow, provided my back allows.
Just watched a FB live from a friend of mine standing on hilltops near Opotoki this morning. There have been some very large earthquakes near the shaky isles this morning. Tsunami sirens going off in the background. Yikes.
Finally old enough for something. On the list for the vaccine, although it is still weeks away here. I wish more of the CDC's answers to questions didn't say "We simply don't know".  I'd like to go home, please.
 
 

Win. Water company have not charged me for the well more than usual gallons of water that spewed from broken pipe.
Dining room painted, new floor going down tomorrow, provided my back allows.
Just watched a FB live from a friend of mine standing on hilltops near Opotoki this morning. There have been some very large earthquakes near the shaky isles this morning. Tsunami sirens going off in the background. Yikes.
Finally old enough for something. On the list for the vaccine, although it is still weeks away here. I wish more of the CDC's answers to questions didn't say "We simply don't know".  I'd like to go home, please.
 
 

Two Guys just had din-din, ingest we and wee man.
 
The appetizer was canned sliced carrots, bought at an ES some time ago, down the hatch man.
 
The entree was smoked beef brisket burnt ends, got free with Costco certificate recently man.
 
We managed to nuke the latter without setting kitchen on fire, barbecue odor man.
We arranged 2 styrofoam plates for the burnt ends, prep we man.
We poured the barbecue sauce into a community bowl, dip we and wee man.
We sliced up several of the beef pieces, tough exteriors man.
Mini-B. & we ingested heartily, eat it all up we and wee man.
Afterwards, we farted nearly in unison, Guy Prerogative man.
We high-Many'd (high-[2+2+1'd]) and tummy-bumped, Two Guys man.
 
We repeated our mantra, repeat with us man:
"We're TWO GUYS, si man!"
"We eat WHAT we want WHEN we want, si man!"
"We fart WHEREVER we want WHENEVER we want, si man!"
"We leave the (pre-owned) toilet seat* UP, si man!"
       *buy yours today, si man
"And no GIRL can tell us what to do, no man -- not even Mommy, no man!"
 
A successful din-din for Two Guys, si man.

Plumber's been. On walking up to the side of the house, he said he could hear a leak. Hear it. He must have the hearing of a bat, I suppose after 40 years in the business he would do. I couldn't hear it looking at it.  He found a little burst pipe, just inside the crawlspace.
The hot water heater is fine, and so is the element. The leak was draining away enough that the water heater couldn't catch up.
 
He also put the tub faucet back on. When I spoke to him earlier in the week, he said to let all the taps continue to drip, including in the bath. I only use the shower over the bath, and so that is where the diverter on the faucet was set. It wouldn't budge, so I gave it a good sharp smack, and it came off in my hand. Oops.  All up, $164.00. I was shocked, thinking it would be well more than that.  Himself apparently did a good enough job of insulating the pipes, as far as he went. There is a stretch he couldn't get to that has none, so I will look after that myself in better weather.

It will be huge. I know this because they rang me this morning, wanting to  know if I was aware of my usage. Was there a problem? I have used more than 7 times the amount I usually go through. I told them I thought for sure the meter reading would be right. I ran water at night for 6 days, and then the burst pipe was spewing away for at least four days before the plumber could get here.
 

It will be huge. I know this because they rang me this morning, wanting to  know if I was aware of my usage. Was there a problem? I have used more than 7 times the amount I usually go through. I told them I thought for sure the meter reading would be right. I ran water at night for 6 days, and then the burst pipe was spewing away for at least four days before the plumber could get here.