This will be a large post.  October was a busy, stressful month and this could get long.  With pictures.  :)

( Major brain dump ahead. )

And now the water heater has decided to leak into my living room carpet.  It is now drained and the water to the house is shut off.  Why shut off the water to the whole house, you ask?  Well, it is because the water supply to the heater wouldn't really shut down.  It was taking forever to drain the tank and it kept whining like it does when I run ( Read more... )