Found out today that what we thought was a clogged trap in the laundry room is actually a cracked sewer line below the garage, which has filled up with plants growing in it. We have been advised not to do laundry until they can dig out the pipe and replace it, which will take more or less two weeks. I don't know how to explain to the plumbing company that this is *really* not a great time of the month for me to not do laundry for two weeks. (Not that I have a choice, BUT OH MY FUCKING GOD 2020.)
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Jessica - Jun 15, 2020 11:28:48 am PDT #7033 of 8208
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Laura - Jun 15, 2020 11:52:35 am PDT #7034 of 8208
Our wings are not tired.
Ugh, not fun at all. Do you have drop off laundry service nearby?
-t - Jun 15, 2020 12:13:16 pm PDT #7035 of 8208
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, Jess! Most unfortunate.
Jessica - Jun 15, 2020 12:18:34 pm PDT #7036 of 8208
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Do you have drop off laundry service nearby?
Probably? I've never had to look!
meara - Jun 15, 2020 12:19:30 pm PDT #7037 of 8208
Oh yikes Jess! What a pain.
Question for y'all: I have carpet in my house. I do not want carpet. What is the best/easiest way to change that? I think about the options and they all seem incredibly onerous since I am currently living, with my furniture, in the house. Do people move out? Rent a storage unit? Does anyone have recs or dis-recommendations for flooring? I have no idea what I want other than "some kind of wood situation that is not carpet"
Dana - Jun 15, 2020 12:23:51 pm PDT #7038 of 8208
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
When we had wood flooring put in our first house ages ago, they moved everything in the kitchen to one side of the room to do half, and then once it cured or whatever, they moved everything again and did the other half.
sj - Jun 15, 2020 12:38:27 pm PDT #7039 of 8208
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Meara, probably a prefinished wood floor.
meara - Jun 15, 2020 2:22:17 pm PDT #7040 of 8208
Dana, that's what I've heard from a few people, but it seems like it wouldn't work as well in a bedroom--I've got more furniture and less space to move it around in, it seems? I have thought it might be easier if I wait until my roommate moves out and then stuff could be moved from room to room at least.
amych - Jun 15, 2020 2:40:16 pm PDT #7041 of 8208
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
We had carpet removed and replaced with engineered hardwood in the upstairs room in our old house -- we had to drag all the stuff in the room out of the way (iirc we packed up everything that was easily packable, and moved large furniture to the side and then back so they could do it in a couple of stages). Getting the carpet out is one of the best things we ever did in that house, even if it took some tetris.
Zenkitty - Jun 15, 2020 4:25:39 pm PDT #7042 of 8208
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
When I wanted to replace the old carpet in my house, I called Empire Today and they brought samples to my house, and they moved the furniture.