What a morning!
Jan. 22nd, 2014 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamflowerWell, this has been an...interesting...morning.
As I've mentioned before, we had been having plumbing problems. Today the plumbers came to replace the sewer line beneath the house, a noisy and stinky process. At some point while they were here, I put some eggs on to boil. Then, because my brain is still foggy from being sick, I forgot. Because of the sewer stink, I did not notice the smell when they started to scorch after the pan boiled dry. I did, however, hear when they began to explode! There was exploded boiled egg all over the kitchen!
I am feeling better today, but whatever laid me out last week is still lingering, and my head still feels like it's wrapped in cotton.
The plumbers finished, and I am waiting to get a call about how much it has cost us. It was not covered by the home warranty. As much as that was a big help our first few years here, the last few repairs we needed, we could not get them to cover. We've about decided to drop them.
But I was able to do a load of laundry AT HOME! :)
OTOH, I've been uploading some chapters of "Eleventy-one" at AO3, and was able to add the nice banner![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
baranduin made for me! I felt quite accomplished when I figured out how to do that! I'm going to add it over at MPTT next!
I'm going to have some lunch now that the house doesn't smell so bad, and then depending on how I feel, I will either do some writing or take a nap.
As I've mentioned before, we had been having plumbing problems. Today the plumbers came to replace the sewer line beneath the house, a noisy and stinky process. At some point while they were here, I put some eggs on to boil. Then, because my brain is still foggy from being sick, I forgot. Because of the sewer stink, I did not notice the smell when they started to scorch after the pan boiled dry. I did, however, hear when they began to explode! There was exploded boiled egg all over the kitchen!
I am feeling better today, but whatever laid me out last week is still lingering, and my head still feels like it's wrapped in cotton.
The plumbers finished, and I am waiting to get a call about how much it has cost us. It was not covered by the home warranty. As much as that was a big help our first few years here, the last few repairs we needed, we could not get them to cover. We've about decided to drop them.
But I was able to do a load of laundry AT HOME! :)
OTOH, I've been uploading some chapters of "Eleventy-one" at AO3, and was able to add the nice banner
baranduin made for me! I felt quite accomplished when I figured out how to do that! I'm going to add it over at MPTT next!I'm going to have some lunch now that the house doesn't smell so bad, and then depending on how I feel, I will either do some writing or take a nap.
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Date: 2014-01-22 07:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-22 10:53 pm (UTC)Then I heard "kapow!" in the kitchen; it wasn't until the second explosion that I remembered! Sheesh! Egg everywhere!
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Date: 2014-01-22 10:09 pm (UTC)You win.
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Date: 2014-01-22 10:55 pm (UTC)Lesson learned: if you allow eggs to boil dry, they will blow up eventually!
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Date: 2014-01-22 10:54 pm (UTC)I'm lucky that my plumbing insurance covers everything. Within the last six months they have pressure hosed the drains replaced a tap and cleared a minor blockage.
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Date: 2014-01-22 10:57 pm (UTC)I wish ours had been covered. We've always been pleased with our home warranty up until about this past year. But now it seems like there are all these exceptions.
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Date: 2014-01-22 11:46 pm (UTC)Oh gosh, what a shock to find (and smell) eggs exploding in the house. Glad nothing worse happened!
Pippin's been sick for a few days, too, so maybe you and she can snuggle up together and kiss each other better.
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Date: 2014-01-23 12:02 am (UTC)Isn't he darling? BTW, have you seen TH EE yet? There's a perfectly adorable scene of wee Bilbo and his mother Belladonna, enjoying Gandalf's fireworks!
Those eggs really were a shock--mostly that I'd left something on the stove unattended! It could have been much worse!
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Date: 2014-01-23 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-23 12:53 am (UTC)Oh dear, exploding eggs does not sound like it makes a great day!!!! :)
*hugs*
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Date: 2014-01-23 02:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-24 06:54 pm (UTC)Today the plumbers came to replace the sewer line beneath the house, a noisy and stinky process.
I'm home a bit early today because...TA DA! We had a sewer overflow in the basement some time yesterday. It could have been worse, but given this is the third time in the 3 years we have lived here, well, I called our plumber to start the remediation process. Hopefully, this will take care of it and we won't have to resort to sewer line replacement (it's big bucks here in Boston).