Tuesday, July 6, 2010

$&@# Water!!!

"When it rains, it pours", right? I would agree 100%! A week and a half ago our water heater finally died and flooded my salon. Granted the thing had a very long life...18 years which is amazing I hear for a water heater. Anyway, Rob had to rip up the flooring to let the water dry up and then re-lay the floor. Meanwhile...as he is working on the floor, Fisher decides to spray the TV with water until it drowns and dies also! We had to wait a couple of days to get a new water heater(of course it happened on a weekend) when the guy came to remove and install, he accidentally left something on and water came pouring out of the hot water pipe and guess what?....flood all over again! So up came the floor...AGAIN! Thrilling! We had some uneventful days and then today came:/! Heston woke up on the very wrong side of bed this morning and decided to make my life miserable. He finds it amusing. I couldn't do anything right and when I wouldn't react to his fit throwing he plugged up the downstairs bathroom sink and turned on the water! YAY!!! I was doing my sis in-laws hair and just thought that he had found something to occupy him and was washing his trucks in the sink. Something my boys do a lot. Well, then Fisher walks into the salon and says, "Mom, there is a lot of water in the bathroom"! Sure enough...FLOOD! The water had been running for at least 20 minutes. What the Heck people? I didn't even know how to react. The fan is still going trying to dry out the carpet in the hall. And then tonight we had to tare out our counter tops and while Rob was unhooking the sink he left something on....guess what again? He was almost done when water came shooting out of a pipe and drenched him and the rest of the kitchen! I think the water gods have it out for us! So, out of all this we have gotten a new water heater, replaced the 32' TV with a 13"...see how the kids like that, gained more patience through the actions of my son, and by the end of the week should have new counter tops. I am thinking that usually after the pouring rain the sun shines and a rainbow appears:) I am waiting for that rainbow!

3 comments:

Heidi said...

Oh my! I am sorry about all your floods. That would have done me in. I would have been so mad I would have ran away....Ha

Hopefully you will have better luck SOON!

Liz said...

Oh man that is not fun. I know exactly how you feel with water a little.. I haven't had that much but we have flooded 3x and due to outside water.. So our carpet has been torn up twice. They say the pad never dries.. So hopefully we can get it tacked back down. Good luck with the water!!

Lyndee W. said...

That totally sucks! Just remember the darkest part of morning is just before the dawn. There must be something good headed your way!