Things I did not want to be dealing with today: flooding in my basement due to an outdoor faucet leaking INTO the wall.
Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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Barb - Jun 08, 2011 8:51:07 am PDT #22876 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Ginger - Jun 08, 2011 8:52:59 am PDT #22877 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Oh, dear. Houses sit around plotting new ways to screw with their owners, don't they?
sj - Jun 08, 2011 8:59:48 am PDT #22878 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yikes, Barb. That sounds like a complete pain. Good luck.
The clean up is done! Now I really need to get cooking because I don't want G hanging around in the kitchen with me when he gets here.
Barb - Jun 08, 2011 9:07:22 am PDT #22879 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, dear. Houses sit around plotting new ways to screw with their owners, don't they?
No lie. The older they are, the craftier their plots (pun NOT intended).
As it is, we were going to be redoing our deck this summer instead of getting new windows, because the deck has become a bit of a liability. Hopefully, this leak thing is not a HUGE deal and we can get it fixed with a minimum of pain.
Burrell - Jun 08, 2011 9:26:59 am PDT #22880 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Barb. We had to deal with something similar a few months ago. Pipe burst in the wall and started leaking like crazy on both sides. I will say the plumbing parts of the problem were easily fixed, so I hope for the same for you. And no other lasting damage from the leak.
Strix - Jun 08, 2011 9:30:28 am PDT #22881 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, man, Barb, that really sucks. Our basement got pretty wet last spring, and it was not fun.
Hope it's containable.
Barb - Jun 08, 2011 9:42:27 am PDT #22882 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
So far it seems to be and luckily, we didn't have too much stuff on the floor that wasn't furniture, so it's not like a bunch of stuff got ruined.
We got everything moved out of the immediate area and someone's coming to look at it this afternoon. Hopefully, the worst we'll have to do is pay a clean-up service to extract water from the carpet. (Much as I hate that carpet, replacing it is not high up on my wanna do list.)
smonster - Jun 08, 2011 10:57:02 am PDT #22883 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Glad it's not too bad, Barb.
Entergy said the power should be on between 12-5pm today, smonster?
Supposedly!
My mom has been here since 9:30, cleaning and packing. The goat farm people (K & D) came and were total fucking rock stars, like I knew they would be. They packed half the damn cube, including all the furniture I'm taking and a ton of boxes, and did it well, in THREE HOURS. Man, do I ever owe them. And I think everything will fit (woot!).
My afternoon help can't come, unfortunately, but I need to do more sorting and packing anyway - down to stuff like toiletries and cleaning supplies. There will be maybe 20 more boxes to load, max.
I'm still a total stress-bunny, but oh my goodness. They did such a wonderful job.
Strix - Jun 08, 2011 11:10:29 am PDT #22884 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Barb, I'm glad it's not going to be too terrible.
smonster, everything is going off great! You can totally do that.
sj - Jun 08, 2011 11:27:41 am PDT #22885 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The tomato sauce is made and the kitchen cleaned up with 5 minutes to spare.