Posted on April 20, 2014 by butchcountry67
So Friday my Wife’s Aunt & Uncle came down from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan , it’s located about 5 hours north of us here in Pense (y’all can google map these locations), anyway, Pauline (my wife) was very happy to see them, our humble little home has become a much visited, welcoming abode as of late.
My wife has been feeling good the last couple days, just tired from all the excitement, since our house is small ( a 1 and a half story 3 bedroom, just over 980 square feet) we arranged to have Easter dinner at my sisters house , her’s is almost 3 times the size of ours, anyway we had a Family gathering and celebrated Easter there, we did this yesterday (Saturday) as we wanted to time it for when Pauline was feeling good and up to a little bit of an outing.
It went well, it helps when Family gets along and there’s no fighting, we were all there to love and support my wife who isn’t yet letting the Cancer get the better of her, she is a Trooper that’s for sure.
So today , while everyone else was still in their turkey coma and while my wife slept to the quiet steady hum of her oxygen machine, our son “Hammy” and I quietly took apart the shower and rebuilt the plunger ,and with great success we have it fixed so now it works as it should, when the water is turned on instead of instantly drowning you by coming out the shower head, it comes out of the faucet as it is supposed to. Turns out a tiny rubber gasket or O-ring had worn out, we had the whole job done just this side of 10 minutes , that’s including the rebuild.
Next we ventured quietly upstairs and proceeded to replace his bedroom light fixture, it is an old draw string fixture (you pull the string to turn the light off or on), since our house is over 100 years old,(built in 1910)a great many parts are original, such as the lights upstairs. the original fixture is ceramic , the only replacement I could find was at Lowes, it’s a draw string just like the original but the fixture itself is plastic, anywho, we installed that and we only got zapped twice! , because of the fact my wife’s oxygen machine runs on electricity, I couldn’t turn the power off to fix the light, so “Hammy” and I did it with live wires (I do not recommend doing any sort of electrical repair while the power is still live)
Our next project is back in the washroom, we are going to replace and upgrade the toilet (the existing one is 50+ years old) , the existing one still works but requires constant repair and maintenance, so in the long run it is better to modernize it, and since I already replaced the original sink and vanity, why not? but I am keeping the deep bath tub, it sadly is not a clawfoot , but it is an old deep cast iron tub .
Another project to get done is putting new modern kitchen sink taps and faucet in,(I’m going to get a plumber for that job) , I am keeping the 2 sinks though, again mixing old with new to not only keep some of the houses originality, but also to put our own unique spin on it.
I am slowly working through the “Honey – Do” list that my wife created for me, 1 project at a time. now being Sunday, I shall rest for the day now that I have knocked off 2 items of that list.
since my wife is sleeping and our kid is playing a video game, the inlaws/outlaws are out at church then shopping, I may as well catch some Zzzzz’s too.
take care, remember to express your love often to those you share your life with
Butch
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