Well then.

Of course I caved in and upgraded my LJ today. I had to. For one thing, I really wanted those XF mood icons! LOL! For another, Ruth made a few really cute icons for me, and I already had my allotted three pics uploaded. LOLOL! So, I proudly present, my XF mood icons and the cool cat icon Ruth made for me.

Thank you Patricia and Ruth! :-)

That was the WHEE!!! part.

Now for the ACK!!! part.

Okay, potential "ick" warning here. Do not proceed when you're eating or have just eaten or when you can't stomach icky stories. *eg*

For the last few days, we had water backing up in our kitchen sink. It was pretty gross, it stunk to the heavens and it always left lots of grime in the sink when the water finally went back where it came from. It was obvious that the main pipe needed to be cleaned, because whenever one of our neighbors used the kitchen sink or dish washer, we had brackish water coming out of our drain. Euch. And it always immediately smelled like we had a miniature sewage system in our kitchen. Really yucky. I kept expecting Flukeman to writhe around on the kitchen floor... *g*

So anyway. We had a plumber here to take a look at the problem last Friday. He rattles our drain pipe a little, cleans it (not that there was much in it, which we told him - we knew all along it was a problem in the main pipe) and declares that everything's A-Okay.

Come Friday night, we had Flukeworm Central in our kitchen sink again. Big surprise.

No plumbers over the weekend. Lots of yucky water in the kitchen though.

Monday, no plumber. Lots and lots of yucky water.

Today, I finally get a hold of the plumber and tell him to come over pronto! He says okay, but would need a couple of hours. I knew that nobody would be home at that time, of course, but I didn't care, I wanted the problem solved NOW! So I called my uncle (retired, lives 'round the corner) and asked him to stay here so he could let the plumber in and everything. He agrees, showing up mere minutes later.

Just as he rings the doorbell, water's coming out of the drain again, and the entire apartment immediately smells like rotten eggs. You can't possibly open windows fast enough to prevent that. Trust me, I've tried.

So anyway, I go and open the door, he comes in, takes one sniff (he knew about the problem, after all), gives me a truly naughty smirk and asks sweetly, "Why, Gaby, have you been cooking again?"

So, that's the ACK!!! part of this post.

Anyone know of a good way to get rid of a male body, average weight and height? *veg*

Well then.

Of course I caved in and upgraded my LJ today. I had to. For one thing, I really wanted those XF mood icons! LOL! For another, Ruth made a few really cute icons for me, and I already had my allotted three pics uploaded. LOLOL! So, I proudly present, my XF mood icons and the cool cat icon Ruth made for me.

Thank you Patricia and Ruth! :-)

That was the WHEE!!! part.

Now for the ACK!!! part.

Okay, potential "ick" warning here. Do not proceed when you're eating or have just eaten or when you can't stomach icky stories. *eg*

For the last few days, we had water backing up in our kitchen sink. It was pretty gross, it stunk to the heavens and it always left lots of grime in the sink when the water finally went back where it came from. It was obvious that the main pipe needed to be cleaned, because whenever one of our neighbors used the kitchen sink or dish washer, we had brackish water coming out of our drain. Euch. And it always immediately smelled like we had a miniature sewage system in our kitchen. Really yucky. I kept expecting Flukeman to writhe around on the kitchen floor... *g*

So anyway. We had a plumber here to take a look at the problem last Friday. He rattles our drain pipe a little, cleans it (not that there was much in it, which we told him - we knew all along it was a problem in the main pipe) and declares that everything's A-Okay.

Come Friday night, we had Flukeworm Central in our kitchen sink again. Big surprise.

No plumbers over the weekend. Lots of yucky water in the kitchen though.

Monday, no plumber. Lots and lots of yucky water.

Today, I finally get a hold of the plumber and tell him to come over pronto! He says okay, but would need a couple of hours. I knew that nobody would be home at that time, of course, but I didn't care, I wanted the problem solved NOW! So I called my uncle (retired, lives 'round the corner) and asked him to stay here so he could let the plumber in and everything. He agrees, showing up mere minutes later.

Just as he rings the doorbell, water's coming out of the drain again, and the entire apartment immediately smells like rotten eggs. You can't possibly open windows fast enough to prevent that. Trust me, I've tried.

So anyway, I go and open the door, he comes in, takes one sniff (he knew about the problem, after all), gives me a truly naughty smirk and asks sweetly, "Why, Gaby, have you been cooking again?"

So, that's the ACK!!! part of this post.

Anyone know of a good way to get rid of a male body, average weight and height? *veg*