During the winter of 2006/2007 we really wanted to write this post. We started several times although just never finished it for some reason. Honestly now in the winter of 2008 the post no longer applies – mainly because we got smart! But because we still jokingly ask each other if we Checked the Bucket we thought it would be right to add to our history. That’s the whole point of our web site, right! 🙂
Here’s what we wanted to post:
Throughout this winter, the same series of questions and statements were being heard in our household. It could have been Megan asking Josh or Josh asking Megan, it didn’t really matter as typically the end result was always the same:
516 Upland is flooded ((Mom J. – we live on a hill! The river that’s 200 feet below isn’t going to flood our house! Remember that???)). Again.
Now this statement was usually heard after one of us said to the other:
- Did you check the bucket?
- Make sure you check the bucket while you’re down there.
- When was the last time the bucket was checked?
- Oh shit, the bucket overflowed. Again.
Let us explain… We love our house although we think our Mom’s should live here, because it’s crazy. For some reason our heater pees, yes you read that correctly, it pees. The person who owned the house before us or the builder put a system to pump the heater’s evacuation ((The marriage counselor Pastor Dave assigned to us calls number 1 and number 2 evacuations. Josh giggles often now when he hears this word. He’s simple.)) to the outside through a simple pipe that pokes out of the front of our house. Now this pokey pee pipe ((Dad R… What is this???)) works perfectly three out of four seasons of the year. Although come winter look out – pokey pee pipe’s outside end freezes shut and the heater’s evacuation ((really, who says this)) has no where to go except all over the laundry room.
Because of this we decided to allow the heater to evacuate into a bucket. While this stopped the problem of the pokey pee pipe being backed up, now we need to check the bucket twice a day. Our heater really pees a lot.
As we mentioned above, this year we became smart(er). Instead of relying on the bucket, we just placed the heater’s, um, yeah, pee pipe ((Josh just got visual in his head… Our heaters a boy. Heh.)) in the same drain that the washer evacuates. And wah-la, no more checking the bucket, no more laundry room floods, no longer the need for flood insurance at 516 ((Yes Mom J, we’re still not flooded!)).
One final note, it wasn’t until this last paragraph that we realized that almost everything in our house pees. Our showers pees; on us. Our washer machine pees; on our clothes that we wear. The refrigerator pees; and we drink it. Boy are we glad nothing poops.
Mom said,
February 17, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
CREATIVITY – i would say that is what you would call this post. But, oh what fun you have putting all these (posts) together. Continue, fun for you and fun for us.
Josh's Mom said,
April 23, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
Check out these sites….
http://www.floodinsuranceformyhouse.mom
http://www.howhighisnothighenough.dum
http://www.imnotcrazyyouare.mexxx