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Sounds pretty, doesn’t it? Don’t forget to roll those l’s when you say it.

I figure I need a pretty label for this house. It sounds nice and warm, sunny and happy.

Something to combat the dark cloud hovering above us. Which Will. Not. Go. Away. Each time we see some blue sky peaking through, it disappears in the blink of an eye.

So. Yesterday I called the plumbing company because I hadn’t heard back yet on when to expect my new downstairs bathtub parts, new upstairs toilet and new upstairs bathtub. The woman I spoke with told me she’d look it up and call me right back. Ha.

Next thing I know, Dan is calling me to say he just got off the phone with someone from our home warranty company who informed him that bathtubs are NOT COVERED (per section such-and-such of our warranty.)

Apparently we have the nice, expensive home warranty that covers everything, including pre-exisiting conditions. Everything. Except bathtubs. And their parts. Not to mention the labor to install said tubs and parts.

It would have to be the upstairs tub that needs to be completely replaced. A new tub shouldn’t be all that expensive… it’s just the removal of the existing cast iron tub (which involves a sledge hammer) and the installation of the new tub that will keep us from retiring before we’re in our 90’s.

I think if you combined all three bathrooms together at this point we still wouldn’t have one completely functional bathroom. But who needs a functional bathroom?

Maybe the bathrooms in this house are jinxed. I’ve mentioned, haven’t I, that the upstairs laundry room is in the bathroom?

Last night, while cooking dinner, I heard what sounded like a helicopter landing on our roof. I asked Dan if he heard it. Unconcerned, he assumed it was the kids making the racket. I knew not even my kids could have produced this noise, so I went upstairs to investigate and found that the noise was coming from the washing machine. Well good. Who needs clean clothes when you can’t take a bath anyway?

Let’s see… what else is going on. Oh, yeah. Dan’s work car was ticketed last night because we forgot to get it off the street before going to bed. Now there’s a good way to spend $25!

Today our big, dark cloud opened up and it’s raining. Great weather for getting the kids to school, let me tell you. It’s a preschool day for Luke, which means that I couldn’t just drop Maria and Jack off, keeping the number of drenched family members to two. Nope. We had to park and all of us had to get out and get drenched.

Maria did have her very stylish purple leopard skin umbrella keeping her fairly dry. And, I did have a bigger umbrella, but it wasn’t very effective. The wind was constantly trying to blow it from my hand and when you’re trying to hold it with one hand, push a stroller with the other and herd three kids, an umbrella is just a big pain in the ass. I guess I need to start shopping for rain gear. One of the preschool moms that actually came prepared for the weather said we’d be needing it. A lot. Yipee. At least we have plenty of room in our new house to store a bunch of rain gear (and all we’ll need for the upcoming winter). What else would you do with the bathrooms?

Well, I’ve got to run, but please come visit when you can. Just be sure to bring money for parking, quarters for the laundromat, lots of deodorant (depending on your length of stay), a plunger and your rain gear.