Water, Water Nowhere

As you know, our home 'renovations' all started because the ice maker water line leaked onto the hardwood floors. Between then (mid-June) and now, we've had the floors in the kitchen torn out and replaced with tile, the dishwasher has been torn out and we're waiting for the new one to be installed with help from Chris, the tile guy. We have the shower in the master bath partially torn out because THAT water was seeping under the floors (in the kitchen, no less). So we can't use the shower. We are waiting for the contractor to come - he was supposed to be here last Monday, changed it to today, then upped it to this COMING Monday. We'll have a full house - the contractor and tile people in the bathroom starting Monday and the countertop folks installing the granite counters in the kitchen and baths starting on Tuesday. A full house IF THEY SHOW UP.

Anyway, we have been using our guest bath which has a tub/shower combination. Well, wouldn't you know it - the ONLY shower we have in the house....IS NOT WORKING! That handle in the middle of the hot/cold knobs (you know, the one that switches it from tub to shower) DOES NOT WORK. Now Paul gets it to work - he has to turn the center knob to 'tub', then turn on the water, then turn it off, then turn the center knob to 'shower', then turn the water back ON again. It's ridiculous. He hasn't had to kick it yet, but I feel that coming next! Most of the time I can't get it to work and think that pretty soon unless we get this water mess all taken care of that we'll be bathing in a pan of warm water heated on the kitchen stove (which is still functional, thank goodness). It seems every place we should have water coming out of ... there is none. Oh, and did I mention that because the dishwasher is not yet installed, I AM HAVING TO WASH ALL THE DISHES. ALL OF THEM! ALL THE TIME. And can't use the garbage disposal, so I'm having to scrape the food trash into the garbage. What a pain. And because the icemaker broke right after it caused the water on the floor and we didn't replace it because I didn't want the expense ($98), we are using ice trays. I hate ice trays. Funny, I didn't want to spend the $98 but we have spent thousands on repairs that are not yet finished; repairs that have been ongoing since June. That $98 is just a drop in the bucket. What else is new????

As long as I have ice cubes for my gin & tonic at happy hour time, life is good. And I'm ordering that ice maker pretty soon....