Life in an old house is interesting. We’ve been having plumbing issues since back in May when the house trap pipe overflowed with sewage. My dad suggested that we tear up the basement around where the pipe was to replace it. Today we tore up that space. We were also running snakes through the pipes because in addition to the pipes backing up at the trap they now seem to have a clog between the washing machine and the trap. About 30 across the basement floor. We snakes with a hand snake and then with a larger one. Neither worked to clear the clog despite the snake going all the way from the washing machine area to the area where I am standing above the house trap. So the snake got through but once that was removed and we ran some water things got filled back up. Tomorrow we are trying the largest size snake. Lets hope that works.
Andy decided that we would enjoy a dinner of snacks. Andy created something called Hulk dippers because many of the ingredients were green. They were crescent rolls wrapped around provolone cheese. There was also some filling which was pickle juice and olive juice. I can see the pickle juice, that is fine sort of like the fry sauce that we make but olive not so much. Then Andy made a special butter to put on the dippers. It had quite a bit of garlic added to it. It also had chopped up pickles. Andy is nothing if not creative.
The basement continues to be an issue and we will be working on that this week. The highlight of that kerfuffle was Eva taking and shower at the same time as Andy flushing the toilet. That resulted in the water coming out of the pipe behind the washing machine. Lovely.
