Bathroom Leaks, Laundry Detergent and Kitchen Debris - My Tuesday Treasures

Louis Dean got a fairly good night's sleep and was up at a decent time this morning.

He took no naps today so I am hoping tonight he gets back to a more normal sleep pattern.

I found these pastries in the freezer - I bought them on our way home from the ranch in January at a pastry shop in Hillsboro. I noticed when we went by there in February they had gone out of business.

There's no lack of Czech bakeries around there but I will miss this one.

Last night before I went to bed I noticed my toilet - or commode - what do YOU call them?? - was leaking. I took all the debris away from the area - and I had a lot! Louis Dean checked it out and said it was an easy fix. A doohickey had come loose and he put it back in place. GUESS what he used?? Yup! Gorilla Glue!

In the night I noticed the floor was still wet and I put down a big thick bath towel and by morning it was soaked! Seems the sink was leaking, too! It was the hot water valve and when I opened the bottom cupboard, a container I had put my hair things in was full of water.

Louis Dean turned the valve off and I took all my stuff out. He put a dishpan in and I will do without hot water in the sink for awhile. He thinks he has a replacement but it will take time for him to find it.

I just checked and the pan is a quarter full of water so it is still leaking.....I hope he finds it soon!

I've had the dishwasher and the washing machine going for much of the day.

Last year we had an 'incident' with the laundry detergent and I was forced to pour it all up in bottles.

Hmmm....I kind of liked that. That big jug is way too heavy to be lifting and pouring from so I have continued to store it in pretty bottles. Summer was here in January while we were at the ranch and she was going to run a load of laundry - but she couldn't find the detergent. And she KNEW I would have plenty! When she called me I told her it was the  blue liquid in the pretty whiskey bottle on top of the washing machine! Duh!

That's not to be confused with the purple Fabuloso on the kitchen sink.

Today I 'girded my loins with strength' and tackled another section of the kitchen.

This area was hard work.

I climbed up and took all the debris on top of the cabinets down.

Then I swept up the dust and true debris and wiped everything down.

I washed all the decorations by hand, in the dishwasher or the washing machine.

I won't describe the mess of washing a bunch of the stuffed cotton sacks and the stuffing all came out and it was all just awful! I threw most of it away and used a bag of new fiberfill Amber had given me to stuff the sacks I kept.

Louis Dean got up there and sprayed for bugs and such before I put all that debris back.

I don't think I could live with blank spaces up there.

I know that must say something about me but if there's a space - I am compelled to decorate it.

Another section done!

These are my favorite bowls and we use them all the time.

I set my candle in two antique pottery bowls.

One was Mrs. Morrison's and one I bought in 1963 at an unclaimed freight in Dalls. 

I was 14 and this was my first purchase for my own household.

I'm truly looking forward to getting new counter tops this year.

These are old and damaged and between me and Louis Dean, we have filled the sink to overflowing so many times the corners are all warped.

Once I came in and opened the drawers and they were full of water.

We haven't done that in a long time but for several years we were on a roll!

I like keeping things on the counters so you can't see how bad they look.

I am the Queen of Cover Up!!

That corner by the lamp - the seam is so swollen you can't set something flat on it - it tilts!

Both the Cappuccino and Latte drawers have been filled with water more than once.

Louis Dean had to rebuild that Latte drawer!

All these drawers will be my work for tomorrow....including the cupboard under the sink.

I am dreading that one.

I want all this cleaned up before we get the new counters.

We have settled on a darker butcher block and a high quality laminate.

No marble, granite or stone for us.

Like I told Louis Dean - it only has to last us another 15-20 years!

Supper tonight was courtesy of our sweet neighbor, Stephanie!

Since we are all 'Sheltering in Place' you can hear the neighbors out in their backyards.

I love it when they are out there playing music and laughing.

It makes being isolated not feel quite so isolating.

And we have all that! 

A house that's getting cleaner by the day,

good food and the best neighbors we could ever ask for!