A Most Interesting Day

The day started off well enough. Kids slept until 8 and then went downstairs while we lazed away in bed trying to ignore the dog's cries for "Potty." We finally rolled out of bed, went downstairs, made our Saturday list of "things to do" and Darling headed downstairs to gather trash. That is when the fun began.

Our basement has a finished area and a utility area, which is where the washer and dryer are housed. I am now VERY happy they are down there, since we noticed the area rug was damp when Darling went down to collect the trash. So we looked around, realized the double laundry sink had overflowed, and tried to figure out why. After Darling took the pipes apart, we noticed that there was still water in the washer and it had not drained properly. So I turned it back onto the spin cycle. The water kept backing up into the sink. Uh-oh!

At about that time, Darling remembered that a few days before he found the cap off of the sewer vent in the backyard, and discovered that one of the kids (ours or a neighbor's) had stuffed rocks down it. He went outside to look in the pipe, and sure enough, it was backed up. Which meant that every time we flushed, washed, cleaned, etc, for the past few days, we were backing up our sewer line! ACK! We ceased all operations immediately, and called the plumber.

Four hours and $345 later we had the rocks out of the sewer vent line and a new cover WELDED onto the trap. They ain't gettin' it off this time! I am glad we discovered it when we did, because it would have eventually led to the toilets backing up, and THAT would have been a holy mess! As it was, we only had some laundry suds on the floor. WHEW! Catastrophy averted!

I didn't get half of what I wanted done today. The house isn't going to clean itself, so I am going to do the basics (dust, vac, S&S in the bathroom) and that is about it. Tonight after the kids go to bed I will put stuff in plastic eggs for our mini egg hunt with the kiddies tomorrow. Then I will cut up fruit and make stratta for the P-unit. Grandmom is also coming over, all 90 years of her. She LOVES stratta, so I am making it just for her.

Oh, and we did make it the town's egg hunt today. It was nicely done, but because it is 80+ degrees today, the chocolate was liquid by the time the kids picked the eggs up! But, they had fun and Bug Boy is spending time with other kids. He is doing great! A few minor tiffs, he still is very controlling of play, but the older neighbor boy (7 years) is great with him. Very patient, and Bug Boy follows his lead. It has been a very good experience for him!

Ok, back to work. My fifteen minutes are well over. I shouldn't have sat down, I now want to STAY down!