October 15, 2004
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The plumber is coming today! “And so it begins,” I said to myself, as I entered Home Depot and headed back to the faucets. I refer to the process of restoring this house; the process that will quickly burn through the small profit I made off the other house. So I start with what irritates me the most: the kitchen sink.
The previous owner was a dermatologist, who had a thing about germs. He had some other issues that I can only speculate about, seeing the chain hanging from the ceiling in the basement. I thought that was odd. It was a very large chain, just long enough to extend to the work table. The alarming thing, however, I noticed when I was down with the plumbers. We all just looked at each other when we saw the light from the motion detector, positioned in front of the hanging chain. Creepy…
Don’t get the wrong idea about the house, it has a really good feel to it. But this thing where he didn’t use his hands is driving me nuts. To turn the water on in the sink, you use these foot pedals, and when you go in the downstairs bathroom, the motion detector — Hey, maybe…no, the motion detector in the basement was part of the alarm system. See, I was thinking it was so the light would come on, over the work bench. He had all these different lights down there. I started to tell you about the motion detector turning on the bathroom light, and that’s cool. But the deal in the shower with the Betadine drip hooked up to a foot pedal and the shower head that’s just a nozzle at the end of a plastic hose — What went on in there? And there’s a bidet. ( hose hooked up to the toilet)
But today I’m changing all that. Showers will work, sinks will drain, faucets will have handles. But the biggest thing will be that I WILL HAVE A WASHER AND DRYER HOOKED UP. YEAH!!!!!!!!! My boyfriend and I went through all sorts of antics trying to hook up the washer drain hose. We spliced –”We” translates as he — we cut and inserted plastic pipe, we clamped, and still the water ran all over the floor. Paul, the plumber, said we would need a sump pump. This is starting to be boring.
I have to brag. I made my first glass of juice. I bought the juicer at a garage sale for $10 and I have been working up the nerve to concoct a curative. So in went: 1 stalk celery, 1 apple, 1 beet, 1 carrot, 1/2 lemon, chunk of ginger, handful of parsley, and a clove of garlic. Actually, I found this recipe, from my naturopath. When I’d only put in the apple and celery, I tried it and it tasted great. Once everything was in, it didn’t taste so great. I put in some ice and was able to get it all down, but afterward my stomach felt a little weird.
But I am on the road to recovery, as a cook. So far, this week, I have made a really good pot of beef stew, roasted vegetables, and turkey spaghetti. No more eating out. I discovered a new fruit market yesterday and bought apples for a cobbler. Can’t you just smell the cinnamon?
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That is weird. The germophobic stuff, not your juicer or your cooking. Thank you for subscribing. Enjoy your new plumbing and faucet handles.
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Ginger and garlic is a fantastic combination, very Thai! You could try making up all the juices separately and then combining them in little glasses to see what works and what doesn’t.
Oh, that guy you bought the house from….too weird! Congratulations on getting your new home, however.
Re your comment on soapoperatics. I wrote it. The breastcancersite blog I did was not complimentary at all that was why it was protected. Do you want to see the post? I have no problem with criticism, only flaming
I don’t have two identities, just one site is for rants and raves and I hardly ever comment from it as I don’t like links to it.
Ahhh homeownership… was there ever a house that was formerly owned by someone sane?? (Mine was a Latvian mailorder bride/widow who painted everything – inside and out – - including the hardwood floors – beige.)
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Thanks for the subscription! Foot pedals and giant chains…unbelievable.
Re: the “ending”…I usually start with the ending, in a way. It’s usually the last few lines of my blog that inspired the rest of the story, if that makes any sense. I don’t really think of the last few lines as the “ending.” I think of all the stuff that comes before as the “lead-in.”