This and That...

The Leaky Faucet...

We have had a hot water leak in the shower in our front bathroom for a very, very long time. Steve has attempted to fix it by replacing the washer many times. The dripping always stops for a few days, and then much to his dismay, it always starts up again. My husband will be the first to admit that when it comes to home repairs, he isn't too savvy. He doesn't know a lot and he totally HATES to work around the house. Put a computer in front of him and the man is a genius, but plumbing, roofing, mechanics, etc. are just not his strong suits. So finally, a couple of weeks ago, he had had enough and decided to call out a professional plumber. Since we don't personally know any plumbers, he went to the phone book and the Internet and found what looked like a big, reputable company.

Well, the day before the plumber showed up, Steve once again put in a new washer and the dripping stopped. When the plumber arrived, Steve explained the problem and since the plumber gave us a reasonable estimate, Steve told him to go ahead and repair the faucet. Two hours later, after installing a new seat (?) and another new washer, the faucet started DRIPPING.

The so called plumber said, "I am sorry, I can't seem to repair it so I will give you a 10% discount."

To which Steve replied, "Excuse me, the faucet was not leaking when you started and it is now leaking and you expect me to pay you $150?"

The plumber replied, "Yes, because I did spend 2 hours of my time working on it".

And so it went back and forth for several minutes until the 'plumber' backed down and left in somewhat of a huff.

Since the incident with said 'plumber', I have had several people tell me that they too have either personally had problems with that company or they know someone that has. Now, we still have a leaky shower and we still need a plumber!!!

The New Friend...

My parents (mostly my mom) finally decided it was time to get another dog. It has been over a year since they lost their beloved little poodle. They wanted to rescue a dog from the shelter, so after many trips back and forth they finally found Murphy Lee. He is a 4 year old golden retriever/Australian shepherd mix. He is a cute bundle of energy. It makes me so happy to see my mom fall in love with another dog...she is such a dog lover that she really NEEDS to have a dog. Like mother, like daughter!

Murph

Where's My House????

In order to clean Corky's cage yesterday, I took him out and put him on the back of the sofa. He enjoys sitting there where he can keep an eye on things and he usually doesn't wander very far. I then took his cage out for a good scrubbing.

Normally he is pretty quiet when he is free, so when he started squawking loudly, I ran into the living room to see what was wrong. Well, he had moved from the sofa to the edge of the table where his cage normally sits and he was looking at the big empty space and having a fit. I was laughing so hard I had a hard time taking the picture.

"Hey, who stole my house?"

A Lesson from Kyle...

Kyle is always telling me that I should keep my camera handy so I don't miss photo opportunities. I must be a slow learner because this week I missed two good opportunities because I didn't have my camera with me:

The first one was while I was on my early morning walk I heard our neighborhood owl. I have only seen him a couple of times, but I have heard him several times. I would love to get a photo of him, but don't know if it would turn out since it is usually still fairly dark when I encounter him.

The second missed opportunity was yesterday when I watched a magpie chase a squirrel across the street. It was hilarious to me, but not so funny to the squirrel.

So, once again, Kyle is right. Just don't tell him; I don't want to have to listen to him say, "I told you so".