A few weeks ago we noticed the boys toilet was clogged. Justin plunged it and it did not fix it. Justin was leaving town so we just locked the doors and would deal with it later. Well... later came and as I was walking to the kitchen I happened to look over at the glass table in the formal living room and I saw water. At first I thought Sophia watered the fake orchid that was on the table but then noticed it was dry and the chandelier was dripping. WHAT THE... I was scared but looked up anyway. I see these random water spots.
I call my dad (Justin is out of town) to come check it out. He looks in the bathroom and in the attic and nothing!
A few days pass and Greer says that he just saw Seth flush a screwdriver down Sophia's toilet! So, I call a plumber only for him to tell me that I need not one but TWO new toilets. He has snaked them and cannot get the object out. He also told me that he did not want to "waste my time" and remove the toilets at an additional charge and not be able to get the object out. He showed me where in the toilet it was and said he cannot get his hand down there. Being the AWESOME mom that I am I offered Jonah and Luke a NEW Lego set of their choice if they could get the object out of the toilet and momma didn't have to buy two new toilets! Luke was OUT! No way, no how he was doing it. Greer jumped right in and stuck his arm in the toilet! Then it was Jonah's turn. Needless to say there is no new Lego set. :)
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| The first thing he tried to flush was the hand towel |
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| water on glass table |
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| Jonah and Greer wanting that new Lego Set |
Justin gets home and NO WAY is he buying two new toilets! He went and bought a snake to try himself and gee... guess what! Within 2 minutes the object was O U T! Yes, Justin took the toilet out front since the hose was hooked up out there. Nothing to see here folks, keep driving!
SO, the objects are OUT and the new wax rings are placed and we are back in action... until...
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Triangle was in boys and screwdriver in Sophia's
The football in ours but did not go down! Thank goodness |
We wake up the next morning to this! (picture above). FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY! WHAT IS THAT BROWN STUFF??? to be continued until we start cutting holes in the ceiling. Justin gets to cutting and nothing... we cannot see where the toilet is leaking. We now have a 20 foot snake to get the pipe from the ground to the pipes in the ceiling. There is NOTHING in there or at least that the snake can feel or reach. We see where the water is dripping from the pipe to the ceiling and thank goodness the BROWN spots above were only rust from a nail! THAT was a close one.
Later that night Justin is flushing the toilet up there and I walk out of my bedroom and hear water dripping. I can see where it is coming from and it was the seal where the pipe meets the floor. Justin comes down to check it out so Jonah is up flushing the toilet for us. Luke was sleeping through it all! We think we know where the water is coming from. Justin did not tighten the tank all the way when he put the toilet back on.
This folks could actually not have worked out any better than it did! You see, a year or so ago we had an electrician come out to tell us how much it would cost to move the chandelier to the other side of the room. We were looking at about $800. NO THANK YOU. So, while Justin was cutting the sheetrock he went ahead and cut out sections to the other side of the room so we could wire it so we can move the chandelier. Why not, the sheet rockers have to come anyway!
Dad came over to help him with the electrical work. Thank you dad!
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Our bedroom and the office housed all the furniture
and drapes in the formal living and dining. |
The sheet rockers came and did their thing and then Justin painted the ceiling and then hung the chandelier in its new place! Looks good as new.
I know you are asking yourself WHY do they not have toilet locks on their toilets. Well, first of all have you ever tried to get in one of those? They are not easy :) If I did put one on I would be cleaning up Sophia's pee multiple times a day! The girl has peed so many times while standing in front of the toilet because she waits until the last second and cannot get her pants down fast enough! Just today she FREAKED out when one of the boys left the toilet seat up and she could barely get it down in time. The doors stay shut but sometimes someone will forget to shut it...
That is all for now until the "Flusher" strikes again!
Humpty Dumpty has been put back together again! As we were moving all the furniture back in the room Sophia said, "uhhh mom, why is that red stuff on the back of the chair"? Me, "what red stuff"? Sophia, "uhhhhh right there" while pointing. I wanted to have a heart attack! I asked her why she did that and she said, "moooommmmm Luke did". NOT TRUE sister! Luke has not even been here and you were busted TWO days ago with a red crayon in your hand and on two walls blaming it on Luke when he was at school!
Good thing we got insurance, hopfully the fabic is still made or else we have to get all six chairs recovered.
