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How many of you Classy Ladies purchase clothing for your man? I know here in my home, I buy most of my husband’s clothing, especially his business clothing for the office. Well guess what? I got some great news to share with all of you …
Fall is here and the holiday season is just around the corner! There will be plenty of family get-togethers, holiday office parties and other holiday festivities to attend. Instead of heading to your local salon to get a pretty new hairstyle, you can save your …
As you all know, we have been remodeling an old home that we purchased for the past 5 months. It has been slow-going at times and this past weekend we ran into a few major plumbing problems. Let me explain.
Hubby built-on a new addition to the home which includes a new master bathroom. My hubby then put in new walls, a skylight ceiling, new tile flooring and even built the new 2-person shower himself. He does this stuff for a living and always does a great job at it.
Well, over the weekend he finally installed the new sink, vanity and the low-flush eco-friendly toilet. He thought everything was fine until we flushed the toilet and immediately heard water pouring out of the ceiling in the basement.
We rush downstairs and take a look at our flooding basement and thought that he didn’t have a pipe connected correctly. However, we were wrong. Here is what REALLY happened!
The previous weekend he was mudding some walls and patching some drywall seams. Once done, he added some water to the mudding compound and dumped it down the drain in the laundry room. He left the water run for 30 minutes and then shut it off.
Well, over the next few days we weren’t running water since we were not over at the house. That watered-down mudding compound never cleared the main-line pipe and turned into a rock hard mess! When we flushed the new toilet, the water couldn’t pass through the big hard clog and the pressure blew out a pipe.
Needless to say, we had to call in a professional plumber to get rid of the main line clog and to repair the damaged pipe. I am really happy though that we were able to get a professional plumber to come out during the weekend to handle the mess for us.
I think my husband has now learned a very valuable lesson and will no longer be dumping things down our drains that shouldn’t be dumped into them. He feels pretty bad about his mistake and hopefully this weekend, we will finish the clean-up and move onto the next room we are remodeling.
Well, there you have it! Our remodeling update for this week!
When our daughter was a baby, one of the things I hated most was sterilizing baby bottles and dragging around clean and/or dirty baby bottles around with me. Well, an ingenious company has solved that problem with a product called Steri-Bottle. The Steri-Bottle is ready-to-use, …
Ours is a very material world, have you ever wondered what it is made of, what it is deep down? If so you are not alone, and centuries of pondering have come up with a great many answers over the years. Ponderables is a new …
Every 2 weeks I try to take my wife out for a date night. We both work hard during the day and on top of that she maintains 80% of the housework. When a couple spends a lot of time working…they need to remember to take time out for themselves too! Every marriage needs date days or date nights on a regular basis. It doesn’t have to be weekly, but it does need to be regular.
Last week I took her out to Applebee’s for dinner. We really enjoy their food but avoid the busy primetime hours. We like to go in the late afternoon before the dinner crowd arrives. It’s less busier and a lot more quietier when we’re there. We’re an older couple…so crowds and noise aren’t our type of thing. Sound like you? If so…avoid the weekends and/or primetime hours.
We like to order steaks while at Applebee’s because we can get them cooked to our liking. Their appetizers are vast and always delicious. Cocktails…well, they have those too and I like ordering one to go along with my meal. The servers at our local Applebee’s have gotten to know us and will try to sit us in our favorite area of the restaurant too! Now…that’s some great service!
FLASH 1-Week Giveaway!!! It is hard to believe but Halloween is now 15 days away! For those of us who participate in Halloween festivities, do you have all your decorating done? Candy purchased? Are you ready for the big Halloween eve? When it comes to …
In honor of National Pineapple and Pear Month (yes this actually a month! J ), Sparkling ICE has teamed up with New York City Chef, Jordan Carfagno, to develop delicious seasonal recipes made with Sparkling ICE’s favorite flavors. Orange Mango Grilled Pork Chops with Sparkling …