A NOT ALTOGETHER *PLEASANT* "PROCESS"!! -- just saying...
Allow Me to
PREFACE... We really
could do with a
new Kitchen COUNTER. We
also need a
new SINK. We
*desperately* NEED *NEW FAUCETS*!! -- [oh. wait. MOTHER already bought Some..]
-- We
SERIOUSLY NEED "THEM" **INSTALLED**!!!
NOTE -
Besides, being
commonly referred to as
"PRINCESS-POWER-TOOLS",
MOTHER also goes by
"PRINCESS-PLUMBER".
So...
When I came up for
Breakfast,
instead of being
greeted with the
usual SATURDAY-YARD-SALE-SHOPPING-"SCHEDULE", I was
met with an
ominous scattering of the
SCARY-STUFF-From-Under-the-SINK-CRAP spread out before Me!
-- not good...
I
need My
CHEERIOS...
I
"concentrate" on
THAT task, as the
background-droning of,
"...first I need to do the Dishwasher... then I want to start on the Taps no later than 3...",
buzzes about
over the
sane-ness of My
Chocolate-Chippy-cereal-crunching...
[INSERT the Part, where I really, REALLY *WISH* that My BROTHER was Living HERE!!]
FAST-FORWARD to *AFTER* I've...
- Stocked up on Drinking-Water.
- Changed into Grungy-Clothes.
- Sorted out the "PATH" to the WATER-SHUT-OFF-VALVE for FATHER - [His ONE Task to keep *busy* and OUT of Our Way!].
- Prepped the new Flashlight.
- Checked My E-mail...
- Munched some more.
- Pinched Myself to make sure that THIS wasn't some BAD DREAM about to unfold!
As
The ELDERLY-FEMALE-PARENTAL-UNIT surveyed the
"Challenge" ahead, I
ploughed on with a
weeding of the
DEBRIS-field...
Seriously? "WHAT" IS some of THIS STUFF??!! -- I
filled the
designated "HAZMAT"-Bag...
Whilst
MOTHER went in
search of the
*appropriate* TOOLS -
[that's She's ALWAYS purporting to Possess!??] - I went to
retrieve My
Shiny-RED-$3.-Yard-Sale-Find-IKEA-TRACTOR-SEAT-Wheeled-CHAIR from the
Basement. The little
Foot-Stool-Bench that I had
hoped to use was just
too LOW for Me to
SIT on
comfortably.
[Nasty Lower-Back and Knee problems..]
right. so. I'm
checking out the
"INSTRUCTIONS" for
These TAPS...
oh-kaay... There's this
DETAILED-Diagram of the
"Handles", which is
totally USELESS as the
UNIT *already* comes
ASSEMBLED!? duh! And, the
Other TINY-Diagram that
IS Useful, ended up being
moot, as We had
only needed ONE of the
3-Pieces! --
IT made those
KINDER-SURPRISE-TOY Instructions look like
ROCKET-SCIENCE!
Meanwhile, back to the
*actual* PLUMBING...
MOTHER has a
LOT of HARDWARE.
Just NOT necessarily ALL of the
PROPER Tools! And,
when She does,
THEY seem to get
Misplaced..?
EVENTUALLY, We got the
NUTS and
TUBES and
WHAT-the-crap-EVERS UN-attached so I could
LIFT-OUT the
SINK! --
EEUWWW!! --
THANK YOU, DISPOSABLE GLOVES!
You know,
THIS whole PROCEDURE,
IT reminds Me of
whenever The POWER goes OFF... You
need to
DO Something, but
*can't* because You-NEED-Power! -- There was
STUFF that
NEEDED "Cleaning",
BUT, We had
NO WATER!!
We
MANAGED...
sorta...
We
REALLY *probably* should have
GOTTEN a
NEW SINK,
too!
-- just saying...
FOUR-HOURS LATER... NO Leaks.
SO FAR... The
SINK remains in
need of
some Sealant around the
Rim -
some OTHER Time! --
Will have to
get USED-TO the
way the
New-Knobs Turn..?
Can't WAIT - or, not - to
see IF the
Dishwasher-Nozzle-Thingy will be
ANGLED *Properly*!
Anyhoo...
DESPITE,
MOTHER's opinions to the
Contrary, I
now possess the
"skill" of HOW-TO Change FAUCETS!! -
woohoo!
-- HOWEVER, I think I'll just Stick to My YARN!!
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