Flushed Away April 29, 2009

So, the bathroom’s been “finished” for a while, barring minor cosmetic work like a bit of paint and baseboards.  I swear this last month has just been on hyperspeed!

 

Proof that I still knit, and occasionally photograph it:

Nutkins, finished day before Easter.  This pattern is FABULOUS for fancy-looking socks, but essentially braindead knitting.  Yarn is Shibui Knits Sock, Colorway Midnight.

Taken by camera phone.

Also, I was a participant in the Wee Tiny Sock Swap of 2009 (already completed).  Here is my sock, made of Colinette Jitterbug, Colorway Gaugin, leftovers of this project:

Sent to SlowKnitter in California, along with a little gifty. 

 

There will be more, just later, I’m behind in other parts of my life, as usual!

A man and his tractor March 17, 2009

A man and his tractor are a beautiful thing, especially if they’re in my backyard digging drain line ditches!

I know why it snowed… March 16, 2009

… hell has really frozen over, because the Health Department has finally granted us a permit for our septic work!!! Stay tuned for dirty pictures tomorrow!

Mad Cow March 11, 2009

Acutal conversation from last night:

Husband: “I’m stressed out because I don’t know what day the septic company will be out to put in the line and I don’t have a timeline to give Bryan to move his trailer!”

Me:  “Dude, it’s the health department, not the septic, just give it some time.  I told you last week that I was told we wouldn’t see anything before Thursday”

H: “I know, but I want to know when it will be done!”

Me:  “Listen, what are you going to do, go down to the health department and yell at them?”

H:  (rather sheepishly now) “I don’t know, I just might!”

 

Yesterday was so NOT a good day.  Imagine many small conversations like this most of the evening.  And they always say that women are the ones who mad cow!

life as a bumper sticker March 10, 2009

One of my favorite bumper stickers is this:

A friend will help you move,
A good friend will help you move the bodies!

We have two 7-foot-deep “test” pits in our backyard from the septic company visit.  The running joke around the house is “bring your bodies over, but make it quick, the window is shrinking for proper burial”. 

The current state of the bathroom is taped, mudded, and textured, now trying to move on to light sanding, ceiling repair, and painting.  Of course, hubby had to go and get a migraine this afternoon, which means another night down the drain.  We’re still keeping high hopes that the heath department will issue a permit this week so we can get new drainlines.  Once we get the permit, it will be a one-day job, and then we can use the drains with abandon!  We’ll still have to wait for the health department to come back out and say “yes, good job, now bury the line”, but we’ll be able to drain until that time. 

 

One day this WILL return to a knitting blog.  At least, I hope so.

Spectacular Failure March 6, 2009

So, here’s the scoop on the ongoing potty saga.  New septic company came out, dug around a bit because the county had no record of us having septic, and came back with the following news:
-drain field is shot. 
-we have good soil for new drain field installation
-we failed the stress test on the system.  Long story short, when they’re doing the test, it should take 1.5 to 2 hours for the system to “fail”.  We failed in less than 3 minutes.  Hence the ’spectacular failure’.
-the company can do the work for under $6500. 

So today, tomorrow, and possibly Sunday are all about mudding and taping drywall and trying to put up texture.  I still haven’t gotten pics of recent projects, and can’t find Christmas pics, so you’ll just have to do with a giggle from yesterday’s comics.

George March 4, 2009

George is our older cat, purchased when Colt was 2 (Colt turned 9 in October).  George has found some rather interesting places to hang in his lifetime.  See further example:

Do you see a kitty here?

Close-up of black lump behind keyboard:

Yes, he’s sleeping on his head.  And he slept through the whole photo shoot, until this:

” I will make typing impossible for you until you show me the respect I am due!”

 

Yes, there’s an update to the potty situation, but it’ll wait for tomorrow, when I’m better able to wrap my head around it.

Queen of my castle March 2, 2009

I now have a throne:

We spent last night at the house.  It was soooo nice to be back in our own bed after 13 days of mummy bags and air matresses!

The Bathroom Horror Picture Show February 25, 2009

Want to see the potty in various states of distress? Click here. I truly suggest looking at this one of the fabulous bees’ nest. We’re pretty sure they were a paper wasp colony.

We are moving up in the world, however.  There is one layer of subfloor fitted in the bathroom, not nailed down yet, but fitted.  This is an improvement.

Up February 23, 2009

Nowhere to go but up… literally! We only have a ceiling in the bathroom, so there’s really nowhere else to go.

We have found out two rather important things during this crazy time:
1. Tear out the walls before the floors. We now get to sift through the dirt of the crawlspace to get every freaking piece of dryboard out so the crawlspace looks “nice” for future re-sell.**
2. Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Have a housing emergency, and you stand alone. We have truly found out who are steadfast friends and family are.

If you want to learn more about the pitiful state of the potty, see hubby’s blog here.

**I don’t know if I could live through re-selling. My motto since last Sunday has been “match and gasoline”.