Keeper of Odd Hours

I am truly thankful for the house that is my home. Despite all it's issues. It still holds in it's walls my family and all the love that is here. And my 4 legged critters and the extras that came for a visit! Love my family and so very thankful! Happy Thanksgiving!! ttfn

There is a holiday tradition with this house, every major holiday, either plumbing or electrical goes wrong. This Thanksgiving it's drum roll please..... PLUMBING Gloria, Sal's girlfriend who is staying with us for a couple of days...informed us the bathtub water will not shut off! A little history...The shower in the master bathroom drips (it did spray a bit) but that was fixed so now it drips for a day then eventually stops. I was told by our plumber that the way it was rigged he would have to cut the hole bigger to get to the pipes but that might in turn crack the plastic tub fixture. I'm thinking this might be the same...plus the hall bath fixture was not in seated plumb and the handle fell off ALL the time. The CLUNK sound became a normal sound here after awhile. I left a voice message with the plumber. Sigh...And we filled up some containers with water, the shut off the water at the main (which was an adventure in it self--raining hard in the dark with unkn

 Willows grandma Layah... I saw it!!! Now I believe it!! I have been told so many times that Layah (she has only 3 good legs) can and has gotten onto the couch by herself! Yeah right... Even visitors here said she gets on the couch...Well today I was picking my jacket off the floor (it was right in front of the couch) and one of the bald dogs jump onto the couch..Thinking it was Cherry..I turned to look and WOW it was Layah!! lol So I covered her up with my jacket. She might not do it again for awhile. She has issues.   Layah..who gets stuck in the kitchen due to a lines on the floor. Or gets stuck outside due to the sliding glass door ledge.