Saturday, September 27, 2008

anyone want to trade days?

what a day! i washed the sheets, and got a flood. then all the drains backed up too. ok, so, the house is old, the drains are also old, some of them have been replaced though. and we consistently have troubles with the pipes. shaun was asleep, so i ran downstairs and got brent, the owner. we ended up putting half a bottle of draino down the drain pipe for the washer, half a bottle down the kitchen sinks, and half a bottle down the tub. then we filled sinks and tub with HOT water and then let them drain and push things down. we finally got every cleared up. and it only took us a half hour!
then, was making dinner, and the stove decides to go on the fritz. we only had 3 burners to begin with. one of the large burners was already dead. however, i'm down to just the two little burners now. so, i have meatloaf cooking on the stove, and the burner stops working, i tried again, and still didn't work. about an hour later, i finally move it to the small burner and it actually starts cooking this time. then, after shaun gets up, he fixes the big burner so that it's working, and puts the pot back on it. it cooked a little too well. we either had burned or raw meatloaf; there was nothing in the middle. needless to say, i was a little upset. i'd been hungry for this meal for about 2-3 weeks, and now i wasn't going to be able to eat it! so...we went out to eat. i had balanced the checkbook, and we had just enough to go out.
i did get bread made, and the kitchen partially cleaned up. i had gotten some humanitarian clothes to sew, and i was able to get those done. i went to start on pajamas for christmas, and found that i still need a few things. i have some interfacing, i'm just not sure where it is at the moment. and as my corner needs to be straightened again, i didn't feel like trying to find it at the moment. the house didn't get cleaned for sunday though.
but, we survived, the kids are in bed, and as soon as i finish this, i'm also headed in that direction.

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