Archive for August, 2007

Sometimes I don’t always have time to write a full post each day but there’s usually always something I’m thinking about that I’d like to share — in the sidebar down there to your right (when looking at the blog’s main page) there’s a feed of random snippets — quotes, links, blips and blurbs that come in via my very own Tumblelog. I know, it’s getting to be a little too confusing, isn’t it? That’s just life with me, ask anyone.

Last week the county fair was in full swing, so we decided to head out on Wednesday evening to get our fair share of fried foods, overpriced midway games and of course, to check out all of the animal exhibits. I love the fair … maybe it’s because I grew up in a very rural area (I describe it this way… it’s so rural the Amish moved there to get away from the crowds) and the county fair was one of the big big deals of the year (next to homecoming and the local fall festival). The fair was THE place to be … the place to see and be seen. It always came just before school started, so you could meet up with your friends you hadn’t seen all summer and, when we got into junior and senior high school, to see who paired off with whom. Ah… the memories.

Madeleine loves the fair because a) there’s cotton candy and b) she likes winning prizes from the games. Of course this ends up taking a lot of $$, but it’s only once a year… that is, until the State Fair starts up next month.

I didn’t really set out to repair a toilet this weekend. And really, maybe “repair” is the wrong word …let’s say upgrade. Or we could take advantage of the hours of HGTV and TLC I’ve watched lately and call it “Flip This Toilet”. But that just sounds wrong. The fact is, the toilet wasn’t really broken, but I could tell it was going to be soon and more often than not it would continue to run water when not in use. Even though I could have called the maintenance people out on Monday, I decided I didn’t want them to just come out and fiddle around with it to get it to work with some replacement part. Although I’m not sure why… mainly because I hate sitting around waiting for them, I suppose. So what’s a girl to do? Go to Wal-Mart, of course, where I met up with the Hushflo^TM. After a quick scan of the directions on the package, it seemed easy enough, so I threw it in the cart. And then the adventure began! I grabbed my pink tool-kit and plenty of towels and set to work. Actually, the disassembly of the old parts and installation of the new ones went fairly well and didn’t take long at all. It was actually kind of fun and now I have the comfort of knowing if my current gig doesn’t work out, I may just have a budding career in the plumbing arts.