I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Update - no clean up and no progress yet except to find out that the 150 ft snake isn't doing it. Another plumber with a longer snake is coming. The clean up guy said there s nothing he can do until the sewer is unblocked. It keeps backing up.
Wondering if this is a city issue as it seems to be beyond my property.
Poor Rocky doesn't know what is happening. Her night time routine has been disturbed. I guess I will give her her treats and let her sleep where she wants to. She doesn't want to go down in the basement as usual so I made her an extra litter box upstairs.
ETA - Yay! The plumber with the BIG snake is here. Hope that does it and the clean up gets done tonight!
I just had a call from the project manager - very nice guy. He suggests I move out for a few days as the water has to be kept shut off. He said they are pretty sure about the pipe and can start once they have photos. It should be done by Tuesday at the latest. Of course it will take longer to fix the lawn, but I can be back in the house. I'll either stay at a hotel or at my dd's if she wants the company. She got her 4th chemo yesterday so is starting to feel rough so I am not sure she will want me and Rocky around. Rocky may be OK here as long as I visit a bit. She has her food and litter and is used to this house. I have shut off the basement, but she has plenty of cubby places to sleep upstairs.
Opening windows as much as I can to get fresh air in!
Oh my - always something!
I had a clay sewer line collapse on me once. The house was a 1890's victorian. In those days there was lots of common trenches that went through yards, not in easements, there were no easements. The line broke when the plumber tried to snake it, cleaning roots out of it which I had to do twice a year.
The utility company only allowed pvc replacement in those days. I learned of a new technology in sewer pipe that alleviated the necessity to dig up the old and put in new called in situ replacement. The new "pipe" was actually a flattish tube of material that was inserted into the old pipe, then pressurized air to inflate the new, which broke away the old clay pipe while still in the ground. But the utility did not allow the use of it yet. Ended up having to move the line because neighbor would not allow my sewer outflow to continue in the same place, under his back yard. Wouldn't you know, his property was a mess, probably the worst in the area!
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Had to replace the old iron water line at the same time, it had corroded so badly that the water pressure in the house was very low.
Good luck, it is a maintenance thing that most never have to deal with.
That's terrible about the sewer line. I've had it happen a few times. Tree roots grew into it. The sewage backed up into the basement.
I hope you have the special insurance. Best thing I ever did. It's only $180.00 a year.
Here I am on Day 3 of my challenge to myself (to focus more on me, and less on helping my mother). An enormous medial crisis (no one's fault) happened today, Sunday, while I tried to relax. My mother started choking (it all ended well). It took hours to solve the situation at home. The caregivers helped. We called the nurse, doctor. Ambulance.
My mother's choking went up and down the whole day. Seemed fine again, then bad again. One of the most stressful days. Finally, my mother's body calmed down. Blood pressure returned to normal, heartbeat, temperature. We told the ambulance to go away. My mother (competent) prefers to stay home. I agreed. She looks OK again now. We'll see what to do tomorrow. She's napping now (sitting upright in her recliner) (better not to lie down flat in case she chokes).
My deep-felt empathy for all of us, with our difficulties.
Golden, hope all is going ok.
I went to dd's the other day and ended up coming back home the same night. They really aren't set up for a guest. There is a futon in the basement but there also is wall to wall undone laundry, bits of technology strewn around etc. I was looking for my sense of humour under a pile of grubby sox and some very used bedding.
Dd is in no shape to deal with it or with the kids. I gently remarked she might suggest that the kids do their laundry every year or so. She just shrugged and looked at me and said "Teenagers." I nodded. I had them too.
Sil said he would set up the spare bedroom once he is off work. That may work. I don't have high expectations.
Yesterday I went over there for a bath and to rinse out a few unmentionables. That worked. Meanwhile I am "camping" here in the house. There are an assortment of public washrooms > 2 mins drive away - 3 of them in 24/7 service stations, one in an A&W very nearby which opens at 6 a.m. (I was there at 6:01 this morning) and one in Sobeys which opens at 8 a.m. I could go to a hotel on insurance money but I really don't want to. Once the house is ready and staged and being shown, Rocky and I will have to be elsewhere. That's soon enough. Rocky is loving being out in the garden and I am loving being in my home so I will manage here as long as I can. There are lots of things I can do here that don't need water but do need to be done. The plants will do fine on bottled water and I can make coffee and tea, use paper plates and so on.
Once they have evidence, by way of a photograph, that the sewer pipe is collapsed then the repair work can proceed, starting with digging up the back yard. I think I'll be lucky if the original problem is fixed by this time next week. Then the lawn will need to be fixed.
Due to covid, I am not anxious to be anywhere else than here, though I may end up in a hotel. I can come and visit with Rocky, cuddle with her, let her out etc. every day. The basement is clean now so she is fine down there at night. The thing is, at my age, you can't just can't throw a few pairs of panties into your purse, grab your thyroid meds and take off. Those days are long gone. I need plug ins for hearing aides, supplements for CFS/FM, foods I'm not allergic to, toilet paper and shampoo/conditioner I'm not allergic to and so on. The list is getting longer. So far I am managing OK, but if I get too tired of the washroom antics I'll go somewhere else. It's complicated.
I am supposed to talk with the insurance adjuster this afternoon. Wish me luck!
glad -hope the wind has died down
cw - if you can't, don't!
Progress. The water level has still not gone down enough for a camera shot so this morning the guy had to dig in the back lawn. He located the blockage 7 ft inside the back fence. Now it goes to the project manager to arrange repair. Hoping that happens quickly. I know the repair will take a few days.
I called the insurance adjuster back - when she said to - but no answer. No surprise either.
DD is having some problems after her 4th chemo but so far it is manageable. Praying it stays that way.
"We're going to tie the knot in the Maldives and you're all invited!"
[thinks - oh ffs]
Could you make a trip of it and stay somewhere within reach but not quite so ruinous?
And they aren't that young, he's seeing 40 on the horizon and has always wanted kids so he's pushing to get this done. I wish they'd elope.
I am not going. They cannot expect everyone to go and spend the money for such a trip. I do not enjoy traveling, first of all, and it I were going to travel I would go somewhere I want to go. They are the ones doing irreparable harm to relationships! Not us!
My fear is twisteds will be going......
i understand you.
i must confess: i'm one of those people!! i wannnnnt a wedding -- with a wedding gown that's long and goes from california to new york.
(i've never been married) (hopeless romantic) (working on my career first)
i totally understand what you say, geaton:
i'm just confessing, i'm one of them. i'll be having a huge wedding :). and i wish, for me, and of course for anyone, to be married 1,000 years, more!
i haven't met him yet, by the way. he's probably under a rock somewhere.
hugs from geologist, bundle of joy :)
I hope you're well! Everyone!
How am I, you asked? Well, well, well...
So I challenged myself 22 April '22 to: (A) Not whine for at least 7 days. (B) To focus more on me, and less on helping my mother.
Today is the 5th day.
I give myself an F for both. Terrible result. I've been whining all day (silently to myself). Anywayyy, here I try again. Off I go.
Me, my dear husband and I decided on a Friday afternoon to go get the license, then decided that we should just get married, another couple without witnesses stood up for us and visaversa. That was 25 years ago.
Oh, both my brothers divorced within 2 years. Seems like a down payment on a house would have served them better.
boj, I hope you get your hearts desire and find a man to love and that loves you even more.
"boj, I hope you get your hearts desire and find a man to love and that loves you even more."
so sweet, thank you!! :)
glad - don't blame you for not going.
In general, I agree with the comments on destination weddings or other huge cost weddings. Doesn't make any sense to me.
venting - maybe try just focusing more on you. One thing at a time! It sounds like you need more self care.
My whine for today is that as of yesterday they know where the damaged pipe is but I have not heard about any plans to repair it. I guess I better make a phone call or two tomorrow.
Anyway, hubs Dad will be 93 by then and needs someone to stick around here for him cause he can't go so hopefully hubs will agree to stay here and we'll have a ready made excuse. Either way I'm not going. I dislike weddings. Never had one of my own. Never will. Never wanted the long white gown or any of that. It's just not me. Don't find other people's weddings entertaining at all. Would rather stick hot peppers into my unmentionable parts, that's how strongly I feel about that.
Golden, sorry you are having to deal with all this nonsense. Hope it gets figured out soon. I hate to imagine you standing outside an A & W at 6:00am. Poor you!