catch up

thought I would show you what happened two weekends ago

while on a visit to the  

salle de bain 

lets say

there was heard a mighty dripping in the walls

it was on the kitchen side though

so water was switched off for the night

and with great despair and pissedoffyness

we slept

 not too soundly

and the next day...

I found this

it brings back horrors to me when I see the holes in the walls again

and find the dishes in the sink

taken out of the dishwasher

....

(when we moved into this house a century and a half ago

husband ripped out the kitchen one afternoon, with the help of a friend

I came home to find the sink in the back yard

full of dishes

dirty

I did the dishes in the bathtub for weeks  after that

the kids were small and if I wasn't washing them

 I was washing dishes

then the oven blew up and I cooked on said friends camping stove for a few weeks too

the two burner model

 fueled by stinking fuel of some kind

I had to pump it up to get it started and then gas my family as I stirred the pots on top

:{

it was Easter time

I remember distinctly going to a friends house on the other side of the neighbourhood to use her oven

to cook the ham

(yes I cooked, because it was time to cook and make a fuss, the way we do, and, god forbid, the kids, should remember an Easter without a Ham and all the trimmings)

and on the way home nearly running over a 

RABBIT

yes, I nearly killed the 

frig-gin' Easter bunny!!!!)

the dishwasher removed from its place

and the cabinets emptied to show all the things one forgets one has

that are strewn hither and yon

and the sheer frustration of not being able to fix it

so husband of all trades has to

no, plumbers are not called in this house

or any other kind of tradesman

it is all done by one

and that one

is not moi!!!

so not knowing my 

vice grips from my spanners

or my 3/8 ths from my escutcheon

I helped as much as I could

and later that day all was well again

and this bomb site was cleaned up and ship shaped

that is until I cooked the next meal!!!!

but the gods were with us as the day before I had baked some banana bread

and it gave us strength

 and hope to move forward

as the drips were plugged

and the pipes replaced 

and the water flowed once again

and not one pair

of plumber's pants were seen

anywhere

ever

and husband can tell the story of how his wife soaked him through and through when she turned on the water so he could see where the leak was

 and it was

right there

right in front of him

just like in the movies

like a geyser

and she wasn't allowed to laugh

:0

but she did

:} :} :}

and next time I'll show you the cake I baked

in my kitchen without leaks

or leeks

til next time my lovlies!!!