Everything And The Kitchen Sink~!

How bizarre my weekend has become! I don't know how I got here, but here I am. I have, what a friend of mine calls, "The Man Flu". In other words I am sick, sore all over, bitchy, and otherwise miserable. I should be resting. Instead I managed to insert myself into a home improvement project that needed to be done, and now am in more pain, but we have a new sink - that is still leaky.
Sink from Flickr

It all started when I did not get out of GA on time. I sat down there for about 30 hours in an idling semi, tossing me into a terrible cold. I ended up back at the house Friday night, but by the time I made it home I was really sick. I feet like someone has beaten me with a lead pipe, and made me swallow razor wire. I was a mess. After a nice hot shower, and a half a bottle of NyQuil, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the zombies.

Saturday I became conscious and noticed that there was a large box in the hallway with my name on it. Our kitchen sink had been leaking in every possible place for a while and we really needed to replace it, along with all the plumbing underneath it, for a long time. Mom and Dad had gotten a deal on a new sink, and faucet. All the piping was there, it was ready to go. Dad had called a friend from down the road, and they were going to do the project. Dad said "You are sick and you worked hard all week. I am not going to ask you to do this too." He's a good guy...

So we are in the kitchen and I am looking at the bottom of the cabinet under the sink. Like I had said, it had been leaking for a while so the wood was all rotten. I said "You know, that really needs to be replaced." (See how I am staying out of this project?) I go find the lumber, replace the bottom of the cabinet, decide it needs some waterproof tile on it too. So I do that. Then I decide it needs to be in 3 sections so we have access to the plumbing underneath. I fix that.

By now it is obvious I am in this for the long haul. Dad's friend got caught up with something else and could not make it to the house. Dad can't do this all on his own. So we rip the old sink out, rip out the plumbing, and get to it. I have to make 2 separate trips to the store to get things that aren't on the standard list of plumbing parts. The last trip is a near 60 mile round trip to the city, at 7pm. Back home and last parts installed, the sink is in, it works, it still leaks a touch. We need a 1 1/2 inch offset. That gets installed today. I feel like the armies of a thousand nations have stomped on my back and neck. I am on some pretty strong muscle relaxants - they aren't working.

I am sure glad I didn't get involved with the sink this weekend. *rolls eyes*

In other news: I am really having a nice time with the blog thing again. I feel pretty creative about the whole project and am really having a great time researching items from all over. I still plan on adding music instrument pictures. Maybe later today. Which reminds me....

My friend Mal has a band tentatively called "Box Of Sox" which is an interesting name. I love how he got the name. Read his blog to find out how that happened. Anyway I found this for you Mal.

http://www.bandnamemaker.com/

This thing is fun. Ever wonder where bands get their names? This might be the answer. It takes no effort anymore. Here are some examples I liked from the site:

• Eskimo Glue
• Pear Of The Blind Pulp
• Rising Wrong
• Blue Brain
• Fifth Of The Manic
• Radical Candle
• Acceptable Fissure Of The Blissful Geek

You can also add a word on the site and it will try to use that word within your band name. I added my name in there to see what it would come up with. Here are some examples:

• Botched Shadowe
• Shadowe Of The Summit
• Shadowe Sun
• Shadowe Essence
• Shadowe Fiber
• Proto Shadowe
• Shadowe Birth
• Shadowe Police Of The Steel Murder
• Third Shadowe

So Dad just walked in from the store with the parts that I need to fix the small leak under the sink, so here we go again. I will be back a bit later with more things interesting.

See ya.