Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2003. Mattie was a year and half old. He was fully on! I am not sure why, but Mattie loved spending time in the kitchen sink. Playing with sponges and all the kitchen items! I imagine he saw me spending so much time doing things, that he wanted his own bird's eye view of the sink and the counters.
Quote of the day: Lies don't end relationships the truth does. ~ Shannon L. Alder
Once my dad's physical therapist was here this morning, I went outside to manage this horrible task. The problem wasn't so much bleeding the water lines, what got me was I couldn't unscrew the hoses from the hose caddy. I tried a wrench, I tried cleaning up the calcium water build up on the metal with white vinegar and then WD 40! Nothing worked. I was getting exhausted trying to screw hoses, so I literally disconnected the hose from the water spigot and then carried the entire hose and caddy into the garage.
I have learned that it is easier to get water out of the pipes if you leave the outside spigots running, so water flows out. While this is happening, I then went inside and slowly turned off the water supply to that hose bib. Once that got done, then I got my bucket, opened up the drain cap and captured any water that was still in the pipes. One of the inside water valves that supplies our hoses requires me to get up on a tall ladder. As the valve is close to the basement ceiling. So after shutting off the water supply, I then needed to open up the drain cap to ensure NO WATER was in the pipes. However, when I opened up one of the caps nothing was coming out. So I thought I did something wrong. I made the mistake of turning back on the water supply with the drain cap off. It was like I was hit with rushing water coming out of a fire hose. I almost fell right off the ladder. I was soaked and had to quickly reach the water valve before I flooded the basement. We have three water valves and drain caps, so I had to do this process three times.
Once the inside lines were clear of water, I went back outside, and closed the water spigots for the winter. Later tonight I wrote to my plumber to confirm I followed the right procedure! Which I did! However, I told him when he comes over next, I need to learn how to unscrew these hoses from the hose caddy. I can't get them to budge, but then again, I don't have the most upper body strength.
This evening I am suffering with an intense migraine. I think the stress of managing these projects and paying bills today, were a very bad combination. I hate having to cope with all of this alone and I think it is tragic that the man who was once my husband has no concern for my well being, whether I need any help or assistance at the house, and prefers to be totally disconnected from me. It is like the past 35 years have been erased from his memory. I truly can't think of anything that could be more hurtful to me right now.
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