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You must think I have plumbing on the brain. After all our leaks, I’ve spent some time in the plumbing aisle. While there I came across these three things:
They are beautiful, don’t you think?! Can’t you see them hanging from your Christmas tree or on your door? What? No?
Okey dokey, come along I’ll break it down for you, this is going to be fun. [Read more...]
You know that saying, when it rains it pours? That statement has become an actuality in our home. While we are trying to build back from the plumbing leak, one of our tub faucets developed a leak. When I tried to tighten the handles to stop the dripping, this is what happened:
Oops. Luckily, I knew the fix was an easy one, if you can screw in a light bulb, you are qualified to fix a leaky faucet!
I’ve solved this problem in a few tubs and showers (including one on the day I went into labor with my youngest.) Yup, you could say that the faucet wasn’t the only thing that sprung a leak. LOL.
Thank you all for your comments about my post on polybutylene pipes. Since that post my life has been squished into a duffle bag and rolled down a big hill. I'm not sure whether we are coming or going. On Wednesday night we all slept in the house, but we were getting headaches (either from the mold or the gigantic HEPA filters running full blast all over our house. It must be what it's like to live in the turbine engine of a plane. “WHAT DID YOU SAY?”)
By Thursday morning we were anxious to get the mold remediation on it's way. But, then we got some bad news. Under our linoleum kitchen floor was another layer of vinyl flooring…a suspiciously older layer of flooring. The disaster team had to send a sample to the lab for asbestos. I seriously never would have thought it would come back positive, but guess what?! …it did. 
At that point we packed all our bags and got the heck of out the house. Lucky for us, we have family that lives close by, so we're hunkering down with the in laws. (I don't know what we'd do without them.) I'm a little concerned about how long we'll be staying here. My mother-in-law better be prepared for when I get stir crazy and start going a little “pretty handy girl” on her home ;-D.
In the midst of our adventures living out of suitcases, the Southern Bloggers Conference started here in Raleigh. I don't think the timing could have been more perfect to help take my mind off of this musty mess. I've been enjoying being surrounded by other creative bloggers. I have more pictures, but can't download them off my camera until I can get a little time back home.
Rhoda from Southern Hospitality Blog
AND NOW….I've been dying to Rock Your World!!!!! A bunch of my DIY friends and I decided we wanted to put together a HUGE giveaway! One that will truly rock your socks off. Get ready for three days of amazing prizes! Each day will have almost $5K worth of goodies from our favorite companies.
Are you ready? Limber up your mouse and your index finger….because you are going to want to enter to win every single day!!!
Coming up on Monday:
Seriously, we tried to fill everything plus a kitchen sink into this giveaway!
Followed by:
The Pin-acle of all Giveaways
And Finally:
Shut the Front Door {To Keep the Goodness In} Giveaway
I'm really excited and truly hope that you win! So be sure to be here Monday morning when I can reveal all the prizes!
Photo courtesy of Grotuk via Creative Commons
Today’s regularly scheduled post has been interrupted by a leak in our laundry room.
I hope my misfortune is your gain. These are the things I’ve learned about burst pipes, polybutylene pipes and mold. If you are a homeowner, soon-to-be a homeowner or even if you rent, this post is for you! [Read more...]
Wanted: A better name for this invention I created!
What is it? I consider it a multi-purpose centerpiece for your umbrella-shaded patio table. But, it can also be a serving station for utensils and napkins. Add some water and it becomes a vase for the table. When the flowers wilt, plant some shade loving flowers into it and you have a living centerpiece! So, my working title was: Plant-a-ma-bo-a-ma-holdey-flowers-n-stuffin-vase. But, I don’t think that anyone would be able to pronounce that. (Nor would that be very SEO friendly.)
Whatever the name, I’d love to share how easy it is to make this outdoor living table centerpiece. [Read more...]
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