tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473210585872104854.post-86233217584757526682008-07-18T10:14:00.003-04:002008-07-18T10:28:44.960-04:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >It's time for a new blog. I know, I know, it's been awhile. I guess it was my turn to procrastinate. But, I'm posting now. I should do this with my new web cam to see how it does on here. My old one was totally screwing up my computer so I ended up having to get a new one. I'll do that next time. This time, you'll just have to read. While I'm typing this, I have a plumber here. For awhile now our upstairs bathroom sink has had a leak inside the fixture. It was just a slow drip (no, new gaskets wouldn't take care of it). The faucet needed to be replaced so I decided to tackle this about 3 weeks ago. The new faucet said it was easy to install so I decided to do it myself. Yeah...not such a good idea. The hot water closed with no problem. But because of the slow drip that had been going for awhile, the cold wouldn't turn off. I ended up having to really crank on it to get it to go. No big deal, right? Wrong. Cranking on it did indeed make it move so I could shut it off but it also made it leak really badly when it was open. I had my dad look at it since he's built almost every house I've lived in growing up and can fix anything. He couldn't do it...said I needed a plumber. So now I have a plumber here...and it required sawing off of old pipes and soldering on of new ones. Something I would never have been able to do (no...I wouldn't...I know you can and keep saying I can do these things too, but this is one I know I would not have been able to do). The sink is now fixed and usable again (WOOHOO!!!!) and he's now changing the kitchen faucet. I figure since I have him here he might as well change that one too. The wife has always wanted one of those faucets in the kitchen that the spigot comes right out of the fixture so you can use it like a sprayer instead of that little side one. For the time being at least we are going to be all set on our plumbing needs; at least I hope we are. So there you have it...that's our plumbing saga. I could make this even longer and go into what's going on with my computers but I'll save that for another blog. Anyway...have a great day! Later!!</span><br /></div>S.A.H.D. Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497600051252003462noreply@blogger.com0