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Tomorrow is Jonah's first full non-transition eat-lunch there day of preschool. Between the Jewish holidays closing school and pneumonia keeping us home, it's been a slow month getting up and running.
I can't wait.
Of course, me being me, I've got about 5 hours of errands planned for the 3 hours he'll be there. I'm going to the new Panera for some decent bread on which to serve the crap sandwiches I'm dishing up for supper (think they'll notice on either count?), heading to Kohl's to look for a third pair of cheap earrings to not match the gorgeous vintage necklace I'm wearing to the wedding on Sunday, going to TJ Maxx to return the first two pair if I find a third, and checking out the crop of knockoff bouclé jackets at Marshall's so I have something to wear Saturday night. I think I can just about pull it off.
Anyone know why my toilet keeps making water-running noises, even though I've replaced the flapper? The noise sounds like it's coming from the stand up pipe farthest to the left and, when I raise the ball thing by hand, it stops. It's like that hinge between the stand up pipe and the arm the ball is on is sticky, but I can't see any hinge! Of course, the stupid plumber was in my house all last week working on the new bathroom, and he could have fixed it without the charge for the house call but, if he comes now, bingobango $100 gone! So I'm going to live with it until he has to come back to finish the bathroom.
I have not done any holiday baking, and frankly I just can't seem to get it up to get started. I'm thinking about a mad November rush. Anyone starting yet? Not you, Miss Off-My-Feet-Until February. Anyone else.
The book club book is set in India and those India books just don't do it for me. I'm taking the month off and rejoining our regularly scheduled reading with Plainsong, which I've already read, next month. And I've decided not to beat myself up for it. So there. The only problem is that I can't remember if I'm supposed to host this month, which would be problematic. I think I'd best get on the horn there, huh?
Go convince someone to vote Democrat.
Posted by volfie at October 4, 2004 10:39 PMIt is doubtful that water is running into the bowl from the refill tube since that's only connected to the water line and the tank. If the refill tube is broken so that the ball never stops the water, that can be easily replaced. You would want to replace that whole tube with a new one - the up and down kind is better. Turn off the water, detach the feed pipe, and screw in a new tube. If water is flowing into the bowl, that can be two things. Either the flapper or flapper seat are worn out and allowing water to pass through. You've replaced the flapper. You can replace the flapper seat by replacing the entire flush tube (the one the flapper attaches to). See www. toiletology.com for help. You have to take off the tank but it's not hard.
Posted by: delegatrix on October 5, 2004 09:16 AMyay! lisa was right, and it was the refill valve! it took me way too long, and way too many towels, and way way way too many stupid mistakes that I am too embarassed to admit, but i fixed it!
Posted by: terry on October 5, 2004 02:54 PMCongrats to both of you! The one and only time I've touched the toilet it was a disaster. I ended up sobbing on the phone to the water company and then to my landlord. Not pretty. Plainsong is a great book, don't you think? And I wouldn't feel guilty doing it in bookclub even though you've already read it.
Posted by: Reader on October 7, 2004 10:43 AM