Today’s regular review has been pre-empted by a plumbing emergency that started on Sunday afternoon and still isn’t resolved. However, in the immortal words of Tim Gunn, “Make it work.”
While I tossed and turned in my hotel bed on Sunday night, I realized that the answer to the question “When was the last time you had your septic tank cleaned?” and my blank puzzling for a date/time could be resolved by none other than pen and paper. This morning, when we stopped back at the house, I grabbed a trusty Leuchtturm 1917 Hardcover A5 Metallic Edition. I also approached the file cabinet of doom, and grabbed the extra thick “House” file and took it with me. Today I have been busy building a journal of my house’s greatest and shittiest events (see what I did there?) so that I have dates and repair companies and what type of work was done.
I’ll see you again when indoor plumbing has been restored.
Poor you, how awful!
But I’m definitely going to copy this very smart idea.
Wishing you speedy repairs for less cost than anticipated.
Thanks so much!
That’s a great idea. And I feel your pain — when we had the super cold snap in 2021, my house was 55 degrees, despite the thermostat being set at 70 and running all night long.
Oh brrrr. Luckily it isn’t freezing here yet!
My sincere CONDOLENCES!!! I am now having FLASHBACKS to the water heater EXPLOSION of 1996!!!
I SOOOO feel your pain! Your story brought up FLASHBACKS to the infamous Water heater EXPLOSION of 1996 !!!
Uh-oh. I hope it’s a distant memory now!
I have a list I keep like that too! I also add the contractor’s phone number and whether we wanted to work with them again. It has been so useful.
Best of luck getting everything back to normal!
I can so relate. While I don’t have a septic tank, I used to live in an historic home. The exterior had to be maintained in the original historic manner. This means an all-wood exterior. It had to be painted, often – using up to 7 different colors (all that gingerbread trim, ya know). It also means wood rot being discovered on a regular basis. I felt like we were constantly running around with hammer and paint brush all the time. Talk about a money pit.
Eek! Sounds like a lot!