Weekly Musings of the 17th

Wow, that week was different.  You know when you think your week is going to go one way, and off it goes in another direction?  Sunday as dishes were finished we found the sink would not drain.  Completely plugged, so we bailed it out and waited until Monday morning to call the Super.  The plumber couldn't come that day but would come as soon as possible.  We made do and then Tuesday the Super called and said a plumber would be out that day but they would be coming from Toronto (100 km away!?!?!?) Turns out he drove from Barrie (even further away).

Poor guy thought it was going to be a simple unstopping the drain.  Nope, the further he went the worse it got until under our sink looked like this. 

More and more pipe had to be replaced and more clearing of the pipe and the stench was the most awful.  DD and I wore masks and I put Vicks under my nose.  I don't know how the plumber could stand it.  Hubby who had been a medic said that a morgue smelled better.  I just kept praying that it could be fixed.  

The plumber did not give up and did get that mess cleaned up.  We were so impressed by this guy and thanked him over and over for getting this mess unstopped.  

 I remarked to DD that we have an electrician in the family and a carpenter but I think we need someone to step up and become a plumber, maybe one of the grandkids. 

Back to normal and the next day we did our house-cleaning in order to clear the apartment of any lingering stench.  We did lose a shelf in the cupboard from all the mess but hubby is going to see what he can do about that.  He makes really great little shelves around the apartment.  

Hubby got really busy on his writing and I thought about it and figured we should divide the week somehow in order for us both to get stuff out there.  I made a bit of a day schedule, not carved in stone but one to base the week on.   Hubby's writing will be posted Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday and I will post Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  I figure I will take just three days as I have been posting quite awhile and hubby has a bit more to say for now.  At least that is how we shall go along for now.  

I also started updating my recipe book, it had a few recipes to be added and some tweeking of the pages which looks much better.  Also found an old recipe that had disappeared from the book but was a favourite of DD the 1st and one she really wanted me to make again.  The collection is looking much fresher once more.  

So, that was the week that went off in a different direction due to plumbing but all turned out okay.  Have a great weekend my friends.