Still no water heater...

Well. Sears strikes again. We were supposed to be able to pick up our new water heater this afternoon. Guess what? I called Sears around 2pm, and was told that the delivery truck hadn't arrived yet for the day, and because it was running so late, we won't be able to get the water heater until sometime tomorrow.

I was really grateful for the phone call that they gave us, so I knew not to come home from work early to take care of things. Oh, that's right! We didn't get one! ARGGGGHHHH!!!!

I wonder what the excuse will be tomorrow, when I call Sears again? Supposedly the water heater was actually on the truck, wherever the truck may be, so hopefully we will have hot water tomorrow afternoon. Keep your fingers crossed.

Next up on my bucket list.....

I want to learn to drive with a stick shift. I need someone to teach me, and I need a car to learn on. Who's willing to volunteer their time? C'mon...you know you want to spend a few hours screaming in frustration as I completely screw up the sequence of clutch, shift, gas. Anybody have an old five speed they want to sell for cheap?

My mid life crisis car will be a 2008-2010 convertible V-8 Mustang with a stick shift. I am diligently putting aside the bucks for it....but I need to learn to drive it before I can buy one!

Yes, I am a person who plans out their mid life crisis ahead of time. That way Corey will be prepared when I go off the deep end :)

Happy Halloween!

We've been busy getting ready for Halloween. For pictures of pumpkins and Milo's school halloween party, check out my facebook page. Click here, too, because I can't figure out how to put two links together yet.

Hey Stanky Pete, you got that water ready yet?

How else do you expect a redneck to take an indoor bath? Heat up the water on the stove and dump it in the tub, yer good to go.

Our water heater crapped out yesterday, and rather than pay an arm and a leg for the propane guy to tell us that we have to replace it, Corey and I ordered up a new one at Sears. (The propane guy told us three years ago to replace the water heater, but we ignored him. That'll teach us!) The new heater won't be in till the end of the week, and then we can't get it installed till the beginning of next week, so in the meantime we have to be creative about keeping up with our personal hygiene.

Corey has a funny name for this variety of bath, in which we dump the hot water in the tub and take a quick swish before it cools off: A cowboy bath.

Even funnier is what he calls a sink bath, which Milo has been getting on a regular basis. He calls it taking a Pirate Bath, because yer just washin' yer pits and privates, matey. While we're doing that we have to say "Arrrr this water be freezin!"

I myself opt for the cold shower route. It's horrible at first but I get used to it quickly. I'm only in there for about 5 minutes, tops, anyway, unless I'm washing my hair, at which point I get out, get dressed and then use the handheld shower on my head and lean over the tub so at least most of my body is warm.

There is always some sort of chaos going on at the Itchmoney palace! Thank goodness all three of us have excellent senses of humor!