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Worse than we first thought

July 28, 2012 in Health and Fitness, House and Garden, Ouch | Permalink

My landlady called in a mold removal specialist and it seems the problem is worse than we first thought.  The mold was there before the water line broke because there had been a small drip behind the wall behind the bath tub.  It’s going to be a major remodeling job apparently.

The bathroom have to be basically gutted and all new wood, dry wall, flooring and fixtures installed.  Thank goodness there are two bathrooms in this house or we would be having to move about now.  One good thing, we will have a nice new bathroom when the work is completed.  Won’t have to worry about the mold making us sick either.

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In hot water again

June 24, 2012 in House and Garden, Life, Ouch | Permalink

I swear it seems like it’s first one thing then another around here.  First the floor floods and now the hot water heater went out.  Nothing like taking a cold shower to get your day started.  Then again, I’ve done it before many times.

After work I stopped by the hardware store and picked up a new hot water heater and we installed it last night.  Something hit me odd though.  Why in the world do they call it a hot water heater?  Shouldn’t it be called a cold water heater after all?  I think a comedian made his living on things like that but I can’t remember who it was.  Oh well, at least we have hot water again instead of me being in hot water again!

 

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Got big plans for the weekend?

May 26, 2012 in House and Garden, Life, Ouch | Permalink

I did too but that all changed rather quickly.  I woke up this morning to hearing what sounded like rain outside.  Well it wasn’t rain unfortunately.  It was the water pipe to the toilet in my bathroom.  I have no idea how but the pipe suddenly developed a small hole in it and was spraying water everywhere.

By the time I got up this morning, there was at least an inch of water all over the bathroom floor, bedroom floor and working it’s way out into the hallway.  Well there goes my weekend plans.  Looks like I’ll be doing home improvement, or should I say home rescue?  Now to get the water up and survey the damage.

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Lay offs at work

March 12, 2012 in Employment, Life, Ouch | Permalink

Well this isn’t a very good way to start the week off.  We came in this morning to an announcement that my company is cutting back.  Lay offs will start Friday.  Thank goodness they are starting with the ones that were hired last and working their way up from there.

I think there are enough people that were hired after me to keep me in a job a little longer.  If not, then I guess I’ll have plenty of time to do those home improvement jobs I have been wanting to get to while I look for a new job.  Tough times indeed out there but it’s gonna work out.

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Valentines Day Disaster

February 14, 2012 in Eats, Holidays and Celebrations, Ouch | Permalink

Well the Marines taught me how to deal with most everything that might come my way except for an irate girlfriend.  Here I thought I was doing great by picking up some nice steaks, potatoes for baking, salad mix and even some flowers for my lady friend for Valentines Day.

It seemed like a great plan until she arrived.  I told her about the steaks and potatoes and also how I didn’t forget her favorite salad dressing but when I asked her what time dinner was, well things went down hill from there.  I tried to regroup by telling her she was a better cook than I am but that didn’t seem to make any difference.

Guess I should have taken her out for dinner, huh?

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