Comments | starfruit_slush: Adventures in the Art of Owning a Home.

starfruit_slush

Adventures in the Art of Owning a Home.

Jan 12, 2009 13:32

We came home yesterday evening and the hallway was wet. My first instinct was to blame Gizmo, until I realized that there is no way that a puppy can saturate a hallway that thoroughly without a water hose. Then I slipped into panic mode and we started checking for obvious water leaks. I expected the worse case scenario automatically because I ( Read more... )

poop, household woes, ew

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aerialmelodies January 12 2009, 22:34:12 UTC

Glad you're looking at it with a positive spin - funny how life does that to us sometimes! :)

starfruit_slush January 13 2009, 01:09:06 UTC

I don't think that there is really any other viewpoint that I can take. I am just really, really happy that we weren't dealing with a busted pipe under the foundation. It really sucks having your entire life upset because a team of plumbers are using a jackhammer to drill a huge hole in the middle of your home... ><;;

xochitl January 13 2009, 00:52:53 UTC

Things like this make me glad I'm a renter. LOL

starfruit_slush January 13 2009, 01:11:42 UTC

Oh yeah. Even though we had to pay to fix our problem, I am glad that I didn't have to wait for a landlord to make a decision to fix the problem. I have horror stories about waiting for maintenance to come and fix the AC or clean up the water from said AC and stop the carpet from mildewing. I can laugh about it now, but I was pissed back then..lol!

aerialmelodies January 13 2009, 02:08:50 UTC

The only problem we ever had we wouldn't have known about if John wasn't living with us at the time - maintenance decided to take care of the busted water heater ASAP, lol! Helped to live next to the model unit... But yeah, know what you mean. Some landlords SUCK at managing their own property!