Note to self: Don't hire this plumber again ( Read more... )

After a couple days of having to use the other toilets in the house, my dad got mine working again. The issue had happened Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, I believe, and before I left for work that day he went, but I wanted to mow the lawn today... Dad, it's okay. Do what you planned. There was a chance of rain for the next few days after ( Read more... )

I can't catch a break lately. The most recent episode involves something I can't really put delicately--my personal pipes were clogged, which in turn clogged my toilet's pipes. This happened last week and then again last night. And last night, there was an unusual sound that came from my toilet when I flushed it, but it was late and I was tired and ( Read more... )

I'm off the clock last night. I'm hanging out in the back building before band. It's about time for me to leave, so I head to the bathroom to freshen up. Not unsurprisingly, I use the toilet...and it promptly does not flush properly. There had been a wad of toilet paper in the drain so I kind of wasn't surprised, yet to leave things in the bowl is ( Read more... )

I have a few updates to recent happenings.

1. Grandma's toilet sagaThis has turned into the phone saga. The day after she was on the phone with my father, the plumber or whomever tried to call her four times. She was out at IHOP, she was out at Butera--partly being a consumer, partly being a user of their bathrooms--and she missed their calls. ( Read more... )

As I was walking in the door today, I noticed my father was on the phone with someone. The house phone. This is unusual; usually if he takes or makes a call, it's on his cellphone. Mom and I are the ones that use the house phone. The way he was holding the phone was odd, too, not by his ear. I thought he was on the phone with a customer service- ( Read more... )

The bathroom saga took a few turns this week...and other parts of the house became part of the drama. Not bathroom-related, at least ( Read more... )

Or, I'm starting to develop a complex ( Read more... )

Guess who used her own toilet tonight ( Read more... )

I am never going to live this down. The puns. Mom is pulling out all the stops with the puns. Granted, she's pissed that she was not treated well during the situation. Frankly, I'm pissed that my mother is consistently and continually unhelpful in virtually any sort of crisis. But it is what it is and I can't change that we have stains on our ( Read more... )