We have contractors back onsite!
On Friday morning, while still half-asleep despite a hot shower, Chris found a relatively large puddle of water on the floor in our bedroom closet. Uh oh! We moved a few things out of the way and found more water and obvious water damage at the bottom of the wall that is adjacent to our shower. Something was definitely awry.
A call to the contractor and within 90 minutes I had three big burly guys on site searching for the problem – in the dark! (The light fixture in the closet had mysteriously stopped working the day before.) The water problem was quickly determined to be a small piece of grout that had pulled away at the bottom of the shower allowing lots of water to flow into the wall and, ultimately, into our closet. How much do I love it when …
- a call for help results in three men arriving at my door within 90 minutes
- problem diagnosed within 30 minutes
- a promise to be back on Monday with the solution
- AND they were able to fix the problem with the closet light fixture!
Happily, no clothes or shoes were harmed in the process. And now, there are guys back there as I type this repairing the walls and regrouting the shower. In the meantime we’ve been using the shower in the guest bath and I am happy to discover that it’s an excellent shower! Lots of good water pressure, plenty of room to move around, etc. So the throngs of guests who’ve experienced it haven’t been lying after all!
THANKSGIVING!
Hurray for the fun is the puddin' done? Hurray for the pumpkin pie!
All sorts of good fun. Lots of food, a family photo shoot at Boston Common on a gloriously sunny day, a Green Bay Packers win (thank goodness – wouldn’t have wanted grumpy faces at the dinner table) and leftovers for days. On the down side, the oven started smoking halfway through the roasting of the turkey so we set off all the smoke alarms … twice! After dinner the whole crew pitched in and clean up was done in a snap. Chris and I left the kids to their own wicked ways and joined the party already in progress at Danielle and Ryan’s house. That boy cooked up an amazing Thanksgiving dinner for 12 people and then invited about 40 more for an unbelievable dessert buffet. Lots of calories, lots of drinks and soon we were all off to bed … 5 pounds heavier.
And to all a good night.
Check out our Thanksgiving slideshow
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(Photo credits to Chris and Erin with a little help from Christina and me.)
love the slideshow!
Lovely pictures of you all, Thank you for sharing Thanksgiving with us. See you both soon.
Love Mum & Mike