That title really got your interest.
Michael had a wonderful birthday fixing a leaking toilet. At first he just replaced the rubber ring. Alas, it leaked yet again. His brilliant mind deduced that the toilet had probably leaked in the past and that the wood underneath was warped not allowing for a good seal. As always, my hubby was correct. (Brownie points for that statement).
Gross.
He cut out the old wood and replaced it with new (not gross) wood. That is Nicholas looking down the new pipe to his dad who is between floors making the repairs. See the nice new wood? Much prettier.
So that was his birthday present to himself. A new toilet and the accomplishment of doing all the labor himself. A new skill obtained
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I think he really enjoyed that birthday because one week later he decided to to it all over again. This one was by choice. While painting the interior of our house he decided to replace the master bath toilet. We had to pull the old one out in order to paint behind it so why not just replace the toilet. The water ran constantly in the old toilet so we thought it was good for the environment to replace it. We’re conscientious that way.
Pretty toilet
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That’s my man.
He also got a chance to replace one faucet and a sink and faucet. Our half bath in the laundry/mud room was leaking into the cabinet underneath.
Here is the pretty new faucet.
He also picked me out a new kitchen faucet and sink. That was more of an act of love than necessity.
Isn’t it purdy.
I love that I don’t have to worry about scratches any more.
As I was clearing away all the junk necessary things around the sink I thought it would be nice of me to share a great little trick I use this time of year.
Do you have a problem with fruit flies? Are they bothering you? Do you swat them only to realize the pesky little bug was too quick for you? Well do I have a solution for you.
All you need is a bowl, an acidic liquid (juice, wine, vinegar) and a drop of liquid soap. The fruit flies are attracted to the vinegar smell and they land on the surface (that they can normally walk on except that we broke the surface with the drop of soap) and then they sink to a watery death. Hee hee.
Go forth and rid your kitchen of fruit flies.
Karen
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