No, you are not at a home improvement blog, nor is this a DIY blog. It’s jut me, back with another tale of calamity from The House of Stiletto.
I hate Mondays. I hated this Monday more than most. But let’s back up and talk about why I also hated it’s predecesor, Sunday.
Sunday arrived with much promise. The Man and I slept in after going to a wedding, we had a lazy breakfast and were getting ready to float in the pool all day. At about 10:00 it was looking really good for us.
At 10:30 that all changed.
The kids ran upstairs to tidy up their rooms and put on their suits when all of a sudden we heard screams, “OH MY GOD! THERE’S SO MUCH WATER!!! FLOOD!!! FLOOD!!” at which point that lazy Sunday disappeared as we ran up the stairs to see what could have possibly happened. I was freaking out thinking that for sure I was going to see Shamu balancing a little ball on his/her nose but was immediately consoled to learn that we had “very small leak” from a “tiny little copper pipe” . While it required we go several hours without water or any type of fun, I was assured it was not a big deal as it hadn’t gone on for too long and The Man was able to fix it with a quick trip or two to Home Depot and our day was back on track by about 1:00 or so.
Yeah, about that.
Turns out, this leak must have been going on for much longer than we thought. On Monday, The Man broke down all the furniture in the room prepping to re-paint the ceiling, even going so far as to take the blades off the fans. I was literally slammed all day at work and exhausted by the end of the day. We had a lovely dinner together that night and I was happily taking the kids upstairs to bed around 9:00 when I opened the guest bedroom door and saw THIS:
Yes, I know it’s a horrible picture but I snapped it with my iPhone really fast before I turned into my 8 year old daughter and ran screaming through the house. I’m not sure you can tell it in this picture, but the hole is about as tall as I am (5’4”) and much like me, needing to be much smaller in the middle part. The fact that we resemble each other does nothing to make me love it in any way shape or form.
Also, like it always is with uninvited guests, it left a mess behind. Witness:
That carpet right there? Is now dead too. Who knew one “very small leak” from a “tiny copper tube” could be so viscious?
The good news here, if there is any, is that The Man is super handy around the house and spent most of the day today cutting out the remainder of the ceiling and putting new dry wall in.
Even better? We now have an optional moon roof in our guest room and I get to kill that hideous green on the walls.
See? Always a bright side to everything.
But then again, I’m not the one dealing with drywall either…..
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You have a very good attitude. That would have been much worse in my world as hubs is not so handy.
Great picture for a quick shot from your iphone.
I drove through Dallas last weekend, now I’m so happy I wasn’t counting on over-nighting at Chez Stiletto! Luckily the Holiday Inn Express in good old Mt Pleasant provided for my last night of road tripping rest.
You are lucky to have a handy hubby, and hopefully a good home insurance policy.
Oh, that is not good times. My nose itches just looking at that second picture!
Good luck with the repairs!
Ahhh…the simply joys of homeownership….
I say that situation calls for wine. Wait…all situations call for wine.
JR is not quite that handy so guess who would be doing the drywall? Our landlords! Times like these it pays not to own.
My hubs is NOT handy. That there would have cost us about 1000.00. On the other hand, my computer ALWAYS works.
I think I would have sold the house at that point..
An excuse to rip out the carpet is SO worth it.
I think I would have just shut the door to the room, and walked away…..trying very hard to forget what I’d just seen.
Trust me, if I’d have been doing a quick shot, it’d be blurred – you’d think it was a ‘guess the photo’ game.
God, it sounds terrible! It’s even worse when you think “how the hell did I not notice this earlier?” isn’t it?
Though, I must say – loving the ladder
xx
gross.
Ouch. Sorry about that calamity.
That last sentence is the clincher, though
Oh crap!!! That looks like fun. At least John is handy. My husband decided to take over the lawn duties last year in the interest of economizing. I have to say that last year our lawn looked the best it ever has. This year, not so much. The heat proved too much and I just paid $580 to get the beds cleaned, bushes trimmed, flowers planted a few new plants put in. It seems hubby is very good at taking things out but not-so-much when it comes to putting it back in.
I feel your pain…. We have a mysterious leak in my house. No matter what we do to fix it, the leak just gets less, but it never completely stops. My husband is heading up LSI (leak scene investigation) and has cut holes in the sheetrock of every single room in one side of my house so that he can monitor the water. His plan was to close them up and patch the walls when the leak was gone. Unfortunately, two years have already passed.
Oh, holy hell!
Is there a plumber you can blame? Please say yes.
oh, WOW. i’m so sorry. thank goodness the mister is handy. mine? not so much. okay, okay… not at ALL.
I’d recommend my contractor, but I think more of your money than that.
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