House beautiful

Dear blog,

I've been busy working on some fun things this week. More precisely, I finally got an initial diagnonis on the water that's been leaking out of my foundation with increasing briskness for several weeks. Guess what? I have a broken drain line from the kitchen sink! That explains the funky odor and the brownish goo deposits in my carport.

I've had three visits from plumbers this week, and so far all they've concluded is that yes, it's the kitchen drain. So guess what happens now? Someone has to come pull my wood cabinets and nice white countertop off my newly painted kitchen walls. And if the problem isn't in the wall, they'll break up the linoleum floor.

But wait, there's much more! So far, we've only covered the probable. There's also the issue that some of this water has been running under the pretty wood floors in my living room. We can only speculate if they will be affected. Also, if the pipe in the kitchen floor is in bad enough shape, the plumbing may have to be completely re-routed. That means breaking up my patio and digging up a bunch of furry, well-established sod.

Hey, my one-year anniversary of closing on this house is coming up! Happy anniversary! Oh joyous home!