The Chronicles of Plumbia, Part II
27 October, 2006The job continues…
The first photo is the one I wanted to put last time, of the bare floor and repaired toilet. The second is the progress we’ve made. We hope to finish laying the tile tonight (but I have a suspiciously suspicious suspicion that we won’t). And yes, the Pokes continue as well.
To save money, instead of renting a tile saw, we purchased a tile-scoring thingamajig and a powerful pair of snips. Of course, the act of “saving money” immediately made a siren go off somewhere, with pilots scrambling for their finger-shaped fighters while a voice over the loudspeaker intones, “Proceed directly to the Poking…Proceed directly to the Poking…” Using this equipment is a serious pain in the aft padding. Besides being time-consuming, little pieces of ceramic are flying everywhere. I literally got poked when a small, pointy fragment (amongst the millions of other small, pointy fragments) landed in such a way that when I stood up, it dug into my foot and caused me to bleed my own blood. It takes a half-hour just to shape one curved tile. Jesus! I’m not swearing, I’m hoping he might be available to help out. Being a former carpenter, he may have spent some time laying tile, and he could just point his finger and make the ceramic crack right along the curve we need. That would be nice.
Well, I’m off to snip some more tile. My hand hurts.
was that first pic taken from the ceilin or somethin?
and who the heck KOd cookie monster?!?
*backs away slowly, in order to find a hidin spot in which to hide from the inevitable lightning strikes whose attention poke has directed our way*
HIS way. not mine.
and yes. i always double post.
I was looking at the second photo I took and thought, “Wouldn’t that be weird if there was some totally random object in there? Would anyone even notice?” Apparently, someone did. When I was looking for something inherently funny (like a banana), I finally noticed Cookas (as my child once called him) and realized I’d hit the jackpot.
And the placement of the mallet in relation to Cookas’s head is accidental.
And I triple post, so
PLBBTHBTH!
I saw Cookie Monster, too, but never gave it a second thought. OK! I give up! All those letters???? They must have a meaning, or is that “poke in the eye” to those of us reading about your “pite”–
And the placement of the mallet in relation to Cookas’s head is accidental.
uh huh…suuuure…
but a banana would’ve been funny, too.
oh, and CG? i’m pretty sure those letters stand for PLBBTHBTH!
What an enlightening comment, SG! Thanks so much!
I saw Cookie Monster. And I also thought nothing of it. He is a handy guy! LOL Hope your plumbing problem is resolved with no further pokes. We have a plumbing problem of our own and need to locate an actual plumber to replace our hot water heater.
Sandie
Guess everyone is getting those “PsITE” these days, including us. Had to “hurry up and pick sticks” today for the pecan picker to come; he was there, but didn’t come here. PITE to us! Oh, well–there’s always tomorrow!