No one tells you when you buy a house of all the things that come with it. Sure, you're living the American Dream, and you can run around naked in all the rooms if you want. You get to decorate and clean it (or not) as you see fit, you can plant flowers and landscape to your heart (and budget's) content, and it can be a haven for when you need a break from the big, bad world.
But they don't really talk about how much a new roof or appliances or furniture can cost.
And they for sure don't tell you that after 70 years of water running through galvanized pipes, this is what the inside of said pipe looks like. 🠊🠊🠊🠊🠊
I DID warn you. Gross right? Made me super grateful for the water filter we use to create drinking water.
We learned about it when we thought we were getting our water heaters inspected but ended up getting new pipes, a water softener and a tankless water heater.
It's part of our spring of super un-fun home improvement. Or, as James put it, "National Expensive but Unglamourous Maintenance Day. (He and David got new roofs on their house, barn and garage.)
It's a good things we did other, more fun, things in addition to living through the great water pipe project of 2022 that sent us to a hotel for a couple of days while the Service Plus crew got rid of the gross stuff and install new, PEX pipes.
Tina Noel joined me for a yummy wine tasting at Kahn's Fine Wine where our friend Bruce Colville and neighbors Kim Dave also showed up. It made for an even more fun night and I ended up with a wine called "
Soul of a Lion" from Daou Vinyards in California. I'm a Leo, so it seemed like I had to had it, plus it was amazing.
Tracy Wiseman will go with me to another tasting this month also at Kahn's. The Captain is my usual date, but he's playing softball. It might be a costly conflict, but we'll have great wine as a result. And it's always fun to hang out with Peter Ryan, who has yet to steer me wrong with vino - and sometimes even not the most expensive bottle in the room!
We also found a new Mexican restaurant thanks to Eric and Tracy - who really found
El Maguey on the West Side. It was terrific, and we are sad that it took us this long to visit it. If you're a margarita lover, you will need to Uber.
We also went to Pride with Tracy and Eric, and met Annmarie and Jeph there. We made it through about three-quarters of the parade before deciding we should get over to the festival as one of us was getting hangry.
Jeff and Eric were in charge of getting drinks, and they came back with gin and tonics that were mostly gin. It made for a bit of a wobbly tour of the festival.
All in all, it's been mostly fun lately. It's been rainy, so the yard is looking pretty, and we have brought out the best home improvement project from last year. If you're a homeowner, my advice is to forget about that first picture. And never. EVER look at your pipes.
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