We have a pipe or something leaking down the basement wall – what fun. Had to call the plumber who has not called back yet. The puddle on the floor in the basement has grown and is now smelling. I hope it is the chemicals in the carpet rather than contamination. We relocated the bomerang kid (25, post college, who has a room in the basement) to the main floor spare room. Husband seems to think that this is my fault somehow, but things like this always happen when he is away!
The animal control folks are coming tomorrow to replace some traps so that we avoid last year’s problem of rodents in the kitchen after five months of pest control telling us that they had cleared the problem.
There are days when I think we bought a dud of a house. It looked decent but everything that they touched to update or change was done on the cheap and is now showing as a disaster. I wonder if the insurance will cover this, after claiming for a the cars. Kiddo #2 reversed one car, the SUV, into the car, a Mustang, the night before he went to Europe for a year. Fortunately the husband was away and we got the cars fixed before he returned! The lady at the repair shop seemed to think that wives trying to get things repaired while husbands were out of town was quite common. it seems we all want just a quiet life sometimes.
Tags: plumbers, rodents, wet floors
November 2, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Oh, my gosh. Wish is worse? Wet basements? Rodents? Vehicular accidents? All at the same time is just too, too much. But you seem to be taking it all in stride. Kudos to you.