At it again...

This week has been pretty busy in Redneck Land. Well, it all started, would you believe, on January 1. The first day of this new year was spent by Hubby and me by trying to fix our son's bathroom plumbing. Lemme tell you what happened. It all started on New Year's morning when I was cleaning up in MD's bathroom, which is usually not a big deal. MD announced to me that he had poo-pooed in this potty chair. (Why the child went from using the "big" potty to wanting to use the "little" potty constantly is a mystery to me...I guess I should be thankful that he *goes* potty at all.) I dumped the contents of the potty chair into the toilet and flushed. No big deal, right? Except that the toilet didn't suck water down the way it should have. Being the persistent type, I flushed again...and the water level rose higher. Great. Being the good redneck woman I am, I grab the plunger and start plunging away and making no progress whatsoever. I wasn't understanding why nothing was happening...that was, until little MD looks in the tub and says, "Mama, there's somepin in the tub!" And something there was. I had effectively plunged septic tank debris right into the carefully-scrubbed tub. GREAT! I finally broke down and woke up Hubby, who was still on his much-deserved vacation, and told him what was going on. He didn't think it was a big deal and followed me into the bathroom to set things right. So, we plunged the tub. Nada. We plunged the toilet again--even worse! More septic sludge backed up into the tub. ARGHHHH!! At this point, since I was frustrated nearly to tears, we decided to regroup and come up with another solution. The only thing we could figure was that there was a major clog somewhere in the drainage pipes underneath our home. As a last-ditch effort, we decided to run to Lowe's and look for solutions that would save us $$$ by not having to call a plumber (and on New Year's Day, at that). Hubby made the command decision to buy a Plung-It, although I was skeptical. It was almost like a bicycle pump but with different attachments to go on the end to fit a sink, tub, whatever. After we arrived home, we decided to Plung-It the tub. I held my breath....and what do you know, it actually did the trick! In my book, it was $10 well spent. I just wish it had cleaned up the mess left in the tub after the water finally drained...can you say DISGUSTING???

I've spent the biggest part of the week being sick. No, not from the tub incident, although that was reason enough, but because of the lovely sinus crap that just won't seem to go away. Poor MD has been coughing, but it hasn't slowed him down. Any. At all. Probably, though, a lot of the reason that mine has held on is because of a certain medication I have to take...joy. But I'm beginning to recover. I was well enough last night to make a mean batch of dinner rolls--they were very similar to the ones served at Lambert's restaurant in Sikeston, MO. WONDERFUL place. They actually throw the rolls at you there, although I didn't attempt that here last night. :)

Bleh...enough about my problems--I'm just glad they seem to be over with for the time being! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's!