LenaGardner
01-15-2009, 11:14 AM
Updated!!!
So, we went to the store and got wash basins to do the dishes in, playtex nursers for the babies and various foods that don't require pots and pans.
We had solved most problems besides the toilet. Robert came up to the house an hour after we got home and said he was going to turn the water back on because all the water had gone down in the basement. He asked us not to bathe, wash dishes, or do laundry till Saturday still but we could flush the toilet and see what happened....if he had no flood we could use the toilet as usual...and nothing bad happened (I really think it is a washing machine issue anyway). So...we are atleast having a potty!
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Well crap. When I posted the "I'm bored, whatcha doin' today" thread...I didn't realize the full scope of what OUR day was going to be like.
We live in an older house, but hallelujah it is lein free...a home that has been in our family but it has so many issues!
We've just found out we are going to be without water until Saturday :(
We have a basement apartment where a distant relative lives, an 80 year old man...and he came up yesterday and said that every time we used water it was coming up through his drains...his bathroom was flooded.
So, he turned the water off for the evening but the full scope just hit us after a few morning phone calls...Daddy can't come fix it until Saturday and Robert isn't turning the water back on till then. it's not just about buying bottled water...that's not the problem The problem is where to drain it.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO................................... ..
Luckily (luckily? hmmmm) 4 of our 5 kids are in diapers.
They all had baths yesterday.
I did ALL the laundry yesterday.
And I did all the dishes last night.
BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
We are off to Wal-Mart right now to buy disposable bowls (we had sposie plates and silverware onhand already) and Playtex nursers (b/c we wash a LOT of bottles around here.) A LOT.
And we are going to buy food that doesn't need cooked with pots and pans. Like the mashed potatoes and macaroni and stuff that comes in its own throwaway bowls? And like, sub sandwich stuff. And I think we're gonna order pizza tonight.
The kids can have wipe baths and Tab and I are going to go to our stepmom's to shower.
Toilet...yeah, not sure what the heck that is going to entail yet...but I do know that "more business" (thanks LeeAndra for that term) will involve an outing to a relatives house.
W.
T.
H.
UGH. My day is no longer boring. That's all.
So, we went to the store and got wash basins to do the dishes in, playtex nursers for the babies and various foods that don't require pots and pans.
We had solved most problems besides the toilet. Robert came up to the house an hour after we got home and said he was going to turn the water back on because all the water had gone down in the basement. He asked us not to bathe, wash dishes, or do laundry till Saturday still but we could flush the toilet and see what happened....if he had no flood we could use the toilet as usual...and nothing bad happened (I really think it is a washing machine issue anyway). So...we are atleast having a potty!
__________________________________________________ ____________________________________
Well crap. When I posted the "I'm bored, whatcha doin' today" thread...I didn't realize the full scope of what OUR day was going to be like.
We live in an older house, but hallelujah it is lein free...a home that has been in our family but it has so many issues!
We've just found out we are going to be without water until Saturday :(
We have a basement apartment where a distant relative lives, an 80 year old man...and he came up yesterday and said that every time we used water it was coming up through his drains...his bathroom was flooded.
So, he turned the water off for the evening but the full scope just hit us after a few morning phone calls...Daddy can't come fix it until Saturday and Robert isn't turning the water back on till then. it's not just about buying bottled water...that's not the problem The problem is where to drain it.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO................................... ..
Luckily (luckily? hmmmm) 4 of our 5 kids are in diapers.
They all had baths yesterday.
I did ALL the laundry yesterday.
And I did all the dishes last night.
BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
We are off to Wal-Mart right now to buy disposable bowls (we had sposie plates and silverware onhand already) and Playtex nursers (b/c we wash a LOT of bottles around here.) A LOT.
And we are going to buy food that doesn't need cooked with pots and pans. Like the mashed potatoes and macaroni and stuff that comes in its own throwaway bowls? And like, sub sandwich stuff. And I think we're gonna order pizza tonight.
The kids can have wipe baths and Tab and I are going to go to our stepmom's to shower.
Toilet...yeah, not sure what the heck that is going to entail yet...but I do know that "more business" (thanks LeeAndra for that term) will involve an outing to a relatives house.
W.
T.
H.
UGH. My day is no longer boring. That's all.