A hole in my wall, a broken dishwasher door, and more.

It’s time for miscellaneous randomness!   Buckle up!

(Actually, never mind.   It’s not quite that thrilling of a ride, to be perfectly honest.   Seatbelts: optional.)

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You guys are fun to chat with.

You know something that’s awesome about the community here?   You all are talkative!

The comment sections at a lot of blogs (even blogs way bigger than mine) have sort of died away in the last couple of years, but you all still take the time to leave comments and I love that.

Also awesome: 99.99% of blog comments here are thoughtful and kind.   You guys are great.

My dad cut a hole in my wall.

The other week, while Mr. FG was away, I turned our outdoor faucet on for the first time this spring.

It turned on fine, but then it would NOT shut off.   Gah!

Fortunately, my dad was here at the time.

He is a whiz at anything handy so he pulled it apart and found a broken washer.   He and I tried to get a new part, but had no luck at two stores.

My dad thought the old faucet mechanism was unnecessarily complicated anyway, so we picked up a new, simpler faucet and he installed it.

Unfortunately, since our lower level is finished, we had to cut a hole in the drywall to access the pipe.

Luckily, we had extra pieces of drywall in the shed, so my dad screwed in a patch, put some spackle on, and after he left, I finished the spackling and painting.

I feel really fortunate that my dad was here when I discovered the leaky faucet.   I might be able to do some handyman jobs, but I am irrationally terrified of plumbing.

So, yay for handy dads who are willing to help!

We paid for a dishwasher repair.

While Mr. FG was out of town (Of course.   Things always break at times like those!), I was loading my dishwasher and heard a loud popping noise.

I couldn’t figure out what it was until I went to use the door, and then I realized something had gone wrong with the door spring mechanism.

While this was possibly something we could have done ourselves, when he got home, Mr. FG and I opted to just call our wonderful appliance repairman to come fix it.

Apparently, the cords that attach the springs to the door were designed poorly, and they snap over time. So he brought over a new, better-designed set and replaced both sides.

You guys, my dishwasher door is amazing! It had been creaky for years (it’s 12 years old), and it’s perfectly silent now.   Also, before it would only stay put in the top position or the bottom and now the door stays securely no matter where you put it.

It cost a little over $100 to have the repair done, but it was worth it to us.   My repairman says my dishwasher is the best one out there and that the new Kitchen-Aids aren’t nearly as good.   So, we plan to just keep fixing this one as long as we can.

We found our repairman through Angie’s List, and he’s been great.   He’s really knowledgeable, I like that he’s enthusiastic about making appliances last, and I feel great about supporting an independent entrepreneur.

It’s dance recital time.

This is both a happy time for Sonia and Zoe (makeup! fancy hair! fancy costumes! being on stage!) and a slightly sad time (after the recital there’s no dance all summer long).

I like this picture because it shows Zoe’s two sides…delicate ballet shoes and plaid flannel Converse hi-tops.

Hurry!   Use your $0 in credit!

I think ThredUp must have had a glitch in their system, because I got this hilarious email from them.

You’ll be pleased to know I used my $0.00 of credit post-haste.   That was a close one…

There are still some $5 container sets.

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Aaaaand that wraps up this week’s edition of miscellany!