And tomorrow's the 4th of July...
Jul. 3rd, 2010 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aearwen...and #1 son, JJ, has discovered that Mom (that's me) is only going to let him spend $100 on fireworks. Personally, I'd just as soon he didn't waste the money; but it's his money to waste, and he does love to set the stuff off at the end of the driveway each year. He may be missing his brother when he does it this year, however.
I'm also coming up from another attack of whatever the hell it is that kicks my digestion into spaz mode. Usually it only takes a day to get over, but this one is a little worse than that: it's been three days now, and I'm only barely back to eating "normal" food. I may have to be very careful when I eat peppers. I know I'm allergic to cayenne (that makes me deathly ill) and jalapeños make my mouth burn and my lips swell; but I'm starting to think I may have to take it very easy when it comes to simple green bells. That SO sucks!!
The plumber made another appearance here this week, and except for replacing any leftover cast iron plumbing under the house, I think we've just about fixed all the plumbing issues around here. Leaky faucets, toilets, replumbing under the kitchen sink (getting rid of a garbage disposal that hasn't worked in years and is no longer wanted, as we now compost) and removing a non-standard gas line out to the old greenhouse (which we've decided to demolish when we get our next dumpster.) The next big-money item to be tackled will be re-carpeting the living and dining rooms. Our current, 40+ year old carpet is literally falling apart and too fragile to vaccuum anymore. That will come sometime in the next couple of months, methinks. I'm getting tired of living in a place that looks ratty because of the floors.
I'm also coming up from another attack of whatever the hell it is that kicks my digestion into spaz mode. Usually it only takes a day to get over, but this one is a little worse than that: it's been three days now, and I'm only barely back to eating "normal" food. I may have to be very careful when I eat peppers. I know I'm allergic to cayenne (that makes me deathly ill) and jalapeños make my mouth burn and my lips swell; but I'm starting to think I may have to take it very easy when it comes to simple green bells. That SO sucks!!
The plumber made another appearance here this week, and except for replacing any leftover cast iron plumbing under the house, I think we've just about fixed all the plumbing issues around here. Leaky faucets, toilets, replumbing under the kitchen sink (getting rid of a garbage disposal that hasn't worked in years and is no longer wanted, as we now compost) and removing a non-standard gas line out to the old greenhouse (which we've decided to demolish when we get our next dumpster.) The next big-money item to be tackled will be re-carpeting the living and dining rooms. Our current, 40+ year old carpet is literally falling apart and too fragile to vaccuum anymore. That will come sometime in the next couple of months, methinks. I'm getting tired of living in a place that looks ratty because of the floors.
