Catch up

Briefly - Plumber showed up on Tuesday around 1p. Started listening for leak to decide where to jackhammer first, it had moved across the room to the other side of the bathroom. He decides he doesn't like that and is going to blow air thru the lines to find the leak exactly. When he does,I have a sprinkler at my front window at the sewer line outside. No air, no sprinkler, no air, no sprinkler. I could have kissed the man!!! Should cost about $250 no jackhammering and it was done in 20 min. It turns out that an original connection had been screwed too tight, cracked and had been leaking for years it just got worse. Because of all the mulch etc. that I load up in my garden it wasn't coming to the surface. The only bad thing...everything grew so well in that garden!!!

Christmas Tree - I finally got the tree all put together including the train. Surprising enough the train was the least of my worries it was plugging in all those lights. Since its pre-lit you have to plug into the right plug ALL the way up the tree. Honest, I'm not stupid. I can read and write and would probably chew gum if I liked it. But, I was so ready to kill someone! I actually walked into the garage lit a cigarette and shed a few tears. I was tired and wore out. I had drug boxes, climbed ladders, fought with garland, ribbon, tape, I had cut myself with aluminum foil, yes aluminum foil its really not hard when your trying to tear it and smooth it to make a pond for your Bedford Falls Christmas village. I was done. Have another cigarette, grab a beer and try to think of someone I could call that would feel my pain and tell me to suck it up, quit whining and get in there and finish that damn tree. But alas, daughter was in the woods hunting. So, I sucked it up and in I went. I just started plugging in every male and female plug I found. No thought just shove it in there. Stepped on the button and GLORY BE it lit ALL the way up INCLUDING the ANGEL!!! Hell I felt like Tiny Tim in scrooge when Scrooge is no longer "Scrooge"
GOD BLESS US Everyone!