33 Weeks and What a Day!

7:00AM - Henry wakes up, eats and waves goodbye to Tookie (love you Tookie!)
10:00AM - Courtney arrives with Adelaide, Chandler and Raleigh (left to right) followed by Malia with Will to watch Henry while I go to the Doctor (thanks friends!)
11:00AM - I come home from the Doctor (all goes well!) and Henry leaves with his friends to go to the Zoo
8 hours later, it gets interesting...
7:00 - Henry goes to bed.
7:30 - Both kitchen sinks starts filling up with brown water and other unmentionables, smelling of oil, including flies, clay, hair etc.
8:00 - Mr. Roto Rooter arrives, charging out at $200/hour
8:15 - Mr. Roto rooter takes me to the basement where the laundry room has competely flooded (sadest part - ruining all my martha stewart magazines and some decorative paper storage boxes I had stored them in)
8:30 - Henry awakes to sounds of electric hammer drain snake
9:00 - Mr. Roto Rooter leaves with our credit card number and a scolding about:

• not putting ANYTHING down the garbage disposal (or removing it altogether, unless I really liked him and wanted to see him again - he's an expensive date)


• not using powder dishwasher detergent


• not using powder laundry detergent


• once a month: using some kind of draino product and 8 hours later filling your sinks up completely letting them drain at once to self flush the line

John is in Portland for the night with customers - which although I would have probably liked to trade places with him, I could tell he would have much rather been here helping us. Poor Jack - but someone has to work around here so the Roto Rooter man gets paid! :)

10:00 - Liz throws whatever towels she has on the laundry room floor and shuts the door

10:15 - Liz goes to bed

Somehow, everything is always better in the morning light. Wish you all a good day!