I Should Not Be Allowed to Help/Book Giveaway
13 August 2009
When Ben and I do home improvement projects, we have a very specific window of time that we can work—late at night. You can also read this as “after Home Depot closes.” Which is a real bummer, because our recent home improvement projects have required spontaneous Home Dept trips.
We’re in the process of painting our kitchen right now. Tuesday night, around 10, as I slithered behind the fridge to paint, I bumped into a hose-thingy. It didn’t appreciate this and took out its revenge by beginning to leak. We thought we had it fixed, but then as Ben pushed the refrigerator back into place, we heard a hissing sound and found water spraying everywhere from one of the copper pipes. So the focus turned from painting as we (okay, as Ben) got the water shut off and attempted to patch the leak. He assures me this wasn’t my fault. My guess is he’s just being nice. I swear, I’m like a little kid when it comes to projects around here. I’m not really helping, but Ben wants to encourage me all the same. Like when McKenna “helps” me sort laundry.
So after our super late night of painting/plumbing, Ben got up crazy early to get to Home Depot and get our pipe replaced before he rushed off to work. And in the process of fixing the pipe, a screw got dropped down the dishwasher, and that required some disassembly. All this to say I’ve had two late nights in a row, and I’m not exactly firing on all cylinders today.
In other news you might actually care about, my friend Georgiana hosting a giveaway of of Me, Just Different on her blog. It’s the usual drill—leave a comment to be entered to win.
And now for a nap…
Comments
Thank you, honey :)
Posted by Stephanie on 14 August 2009
It wasn’t your fault. A leak like this must have been forming for awhile, just waiting for the next bump on the hose to break out. And, you were helpful – you almost finished the edging while I was fixing the plumbing…
Posted by Ben on 14 August 2009