a steady diet of faith & fancy with some mischief thrown in here and there

I did it! I replace the hideous old fixtures with something much nicer. Look!



Oh ... the sign is latin ... anyone figure out what it says?

First I calle "My Plumber" because their number was on the front page of the phone book. They didn't have a human answering (that should of been clue #1) but I waited and had a call like this:

Idiot Plumbing Place: Hi ... how can we help you.

Me: I just had a toliet on my main floor overflow and now I've discovered it's coming through the ceiling and I don't know if it's from the water that was on the floor or if I have a more extensive problem.

IPP: Well, we can make an appt for you for some time tomorrow

Me: But you advertise same day service. Can I get someone today?

IPP: Well, that's only if you call before 12 noon. All our priority slots are filled for today.

Me: There is water coming through my ceiling - don't you consider that a priority?!?

IPP: I told you, all our priority spots are filled for today.

Me: Well, I guess than I'll have to call and find someone who will come today because this leak can't wait.

IPP: Thanks for calling, have a nice day.

*ARRGGHHHHH* How the hell do you advertise "same day emergency service" and then not mention that it only applies if your emergency is before fucking noon?!?!?????!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, I called Woodbridge Plumbing (they did have a human answering the phone) and not only was she very nice - she said they could get someone to me in between 3pm and 6pm. And at 3:15 pm, they were at my front door. Yay!!!!!!!!!!

So the upshot is, there is nothing under the floor leaking and the continual leaking from the toliet was coming from the washer/bolts that hold the tank to the toliet. They had deteriorated after years of being in the water.

There's now a small hole in the ceiling to drain and dry the rest of the water and it looks like I'll be getting some drywall spackle for this weekend.

Jiggity jig. Arrived home safe after a week at the beach. It was wonderful, it was needed, it was short. I wanted to come home, but I was not yet ready to leave the beach.

Now the "to market, to market .. " part to get fixin's for dinner.

How was your week?

Has anyone out there replaced their entire toliet? How hard is it? Sealing, and so forth and so on. Any help/pointers/etc. is appreciated. Rather not pay a plumber if I can avoid it.

I arrived home safely last night. Pennsic was grand - more ups than downs - too tired to post about that now. Now begins the massive job of unpacking, washing, sorting and putting away.

So tell me .... what is new with you? (links to important journal entries greatly appreciated by the tired girl)

So, the power works completely now -- and I have been appropriately caffinated *yay*. Turns out that sometime ago the cable company nicked a power line that feeds into the house and it has been slowly deteriorating and went wonky this morning.

Now I'm just waiting for the water heater to heat back up :)

This morning after I woke T up, she pointed out their alarm clock needed reset. So we go to turn on the light and it was dim .. so I thought perhaps we'd had a power outage in the night and lost a light bulb or two ... 'cept no ... all the bulbs were functioning, but at half the power. Turn on lights in other rooms in the house -- our room: full power, middle bathroom: half power, girls room half power - Kitchen: half power and none of the appliances are working. Note from teenage daughter - Mom, Stove isn't working, microwave is barely functioning. Love you, Widg Family room: full power - Dining/Living rooms: half power -- it's totally bizarre, it's like the middle part of my house is in some dim Twilight Zone. We had to bring the toaster in the family room to make some semblence of breakfast *hmph*

So, I have a call into the electrician who is due here in the next hour or so....

Also, lack of kitchen appliances means I haven't had tea yet *grrrrr*

It's the sound of money going down the drain. We had to get a new water heater today to fix some various plumbing issues.

*ka-ching*

Today we have:

*donated 3 bags to charity
*done 3 loads of laundry
*cleaned the family room
*cleaned the kitchen counters and swept the floor
*tidied up the living room
*tidied up the dining room
*mowed the frikkin' lawn
*caught up on Studio 60 (I love this show!)

phew tired now ...

MMMmmmm .... shower .....

After escaping our hot house this weekend and heading over to a Clan weekend at lalartu & cussata's house - the A/C guy just showed. And, I am thankful for the small miracle that it was a bad contactor and not a bad unit altogether. It's fixed for less than $350 Yayyyayyyy!

It will take 6 to 8 hours to bring the house down from 90+ degrees to a comfortable 75 or so, but it's working :)