Chellisms

Living Room Shower, Revisited

Do you remember back in July when you could take a shower in my living room?

As of 9:35 this morning you really can take a shower in my living room. I will even supply you with the towels for when you are finished though they might be a bit damp from sopping the water off of my leather couch (!).

Back in July the ceiling never opened all the way. It cracked and darkened a bit. We let the owner know and he blamed the neighbor and a leaky toilet, we are in a 3-story townhouse with a common wall. The next door neighbor had a contractor come look and he thought our owner was full of crap and the toilet leak his owner had was very minor and not in a wall. Back to square one, spackle and paint over. Problem solved.

HA! Not in a million years.

Tim and I came in from a walk this morning and both took a shower when we came in. After I got out Tim ran up the stairs yelling for a towel. He was on the desktop pc playing COH when he heard water. Hitting my couch.

Now we can say the house has a water feature.

Shit.

   

Tomorrow

They are ready, but am I?

Quick side note, you know the vent thing that is on your sink? Sits to the side of the faucet and has a cover? Mine is spewing water all over the counter and on to the floor. How awesome is that at 11:30PM?

Crap.

All Caulked Off

What better time than at 8PM on a Sunday night to re-caulk your bathrooms. All 3 of them.

What?

I was bored and irritated at Taylor. The boredom I can't explain. The irritation I can. Tay was in Baileys room putting her bean bag away and caught her foot on the newly hung pink curtains (what? You were thinking something other than pink?)  and managed to rip the bracket out of the wall. Breaking the bracket in the process. We have an extra bracket around here somewhere, I just can't find it. A problem for another day. Namely, tomorrow morning as soon as Ikea opens. I cannot stand unfinished projects.

Have friends from CA coming in tomorrow. They were supposed to be here today but decided to spend an extra day in Oregon. It will be good to see them but you know how it is when people come to stay and they don't always get along with each other that well. Part of me dreads the next few days.

I sure hope my pissy attitude improves before they get here.  

Hole-y No More!

The contractor was here all day today!

But the shower is fixed. We no longer have to stand in line in the girls bathroom to have a shower. I can migrate all of my shower essentials back to my shower, no longer confusing my shampoo with the girls' strawberry scented crap stuff (it's the glasses, without them I have serious issues!). No more hiding my razor on the top of the shower enclosure where kid fingers can't reach it, okay, I can barely reach it too. No more sharing my body wash with a 5 and 7 year old!

I can't wait for tomorrow morning!

It takes so little to make me happy!

Happy Monday!

The contractor is here! He showed up bright and early at 8AM. He expects to be here for a few hours, repairing the fiberglass tub that Tim had a mishap with. I can't wait to take a shower in my own bathroom! Will have to wait until tomorrow though as it takes a few hours to set and I want to make darn sure that it is good and dry.

It cost us $212.35 to have it repaired and is a manufacturers defect. However, it is past the homeowner warranty so we are stuck with the bill. This house is 4 years old and the contractor told us not to buy it, he gave us the names of two builders that we want to stay away from when buying a house. Just our luck that we live in a house built by one of those companies.

We have friends coming to stay for a few days, arriving on Sunday. At least the 6 of us won't be lined up to take showers.