They say you're supposed to find beauty in everyday things and you know, say that inspirational stuff. Uhhhhh. Okay..when I went out at 6 am to put the trash on the curb, it was very pretty. It was also snowing like a bitch and cold. Really cold. I went over to moms house to see if she had trash to put out and sent the blind dog into a barking fit. Charming. But, I like it now because the snow covers all the ugly. And the lights are pretty..but, nobody but me has them on at 6 am.*
The plumber spent all afternoon here yesterday when I failed to find the freeze. He found the problem. The outlet where the heat tape was plugged in was shorted out. I never would have found that and it could have caused a fire. So, I guess the freeze thing was really a good thing. He's back now, the heat tape shorted out and he has to replace the whole thing. There's insulation over all the pipes so it's quite a job. Poor guy.
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My hair is looking pretty weird now. I need a shower and let's not even talk about the toilet. I'll just say the second day with no water is less interesting. Do you think I should tell him I smelled skunk in the crawl space? Naaaa. He has a nose. I tried coaxing it out with cat food last night. The cat food was gone and little skunk prints were around the dish this morning. Maybe it left..peacefully. Which is probably what this poor frozen plumber would like to do, but, he'll be around all week. The whole neighborhood is frozen. Even the city sewer lines froze. Patience, patience..it's a virtue and all that. Inspirational, eh?
6 comments:
I'm so sorry DD. I hope it gets better soon for you.
Aww, thanks. But, it's really not that bad. I have nothing to bitch about. Plenty of people have it a lot worse. Like those poor sick kids on that Gosselin special last night. I have a lot to be thankful for really.
Hey DD,
Going to be out of town and will miss you for a few days. Stay safe. Give them hell.
Sending warm thoughts your way, Sprite.
See you soon, Sprite..have fun.
DD, we went w/o water & electricity for almost 2 weeks back in 1992 when we had a massive ice storm thru here (Indy). I had 2 small kids at home with me. You couldn't leave cuz the trees were all over the roads & it was a "disaster" area. Then about 3 days after the storm it was 60 degrees and everybody was having cookouts and eating all the food they had in their freezers. We remember it well. I was on my period too! Gawd, sorry TMI. But that was the worst part about it. We survived. You will love your hot showers now!
hope the heat tape got sorted out!!! i can't believe the heat running doesn't keep the pipes warm enough....
it was a good thing that happened though!!! everything'll be safe for ya!
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