Another Episode of Ghetto Fabulous

A few days ago I realized that my drain in my tub was moving very slowly. I decided to scrub the tub and then put some draino in the drain (a method that has worked in the past at unclogging drains) I did this, afterward the drain was no longer moving slowly, it wasn't moving at all. Hmm. Interesting.

I try plunging the tub, nothing happens except that all this black sludge from deep within the drain is in my tub now. This stuff smells funny. ewww!!! My brother come over later to help me with some school work, he looks at the drain and after more plunging and more sludge coming up into the tub he tells me I should go get some of the duel formula foaming draino. I get this, put it in the tub. Nothing happens. Now I have a tub full of water, nasty black drain sludge, and draino chemicals. I decide to call a plumber. (keep in mind that 3 weeks ago my car exhaust died and needed to be replaced and last week my central AC broke, and money does not grow on trees.)

I call my plumber. He's on vacation till next week. great! I call the number he reccomends to call if you need him before next week. This guy never calls me back. I decide that since when the AC guy was on vacation (do we see a theme here) and the man he reccomended came and charge me way too much, that I should tough it out and wait till the person I know gets back into town.

So this is how I have to shower for the next week. I do as much as I can before I get into the shower, brush my teeth, wash my face and wash my hair in the sink. Then I put a rubber maid bin in the bottom of the shower so that while I'm in there my feet won't touch the sludge floating in the tub. When I'm done I have to rinse the soap off my feet before I get out (since I'm now standing in a bin of soapy water) Then I have to take a bucket and transfer the water from the tub to the toilet so that I don't have all this nasty water sitting in the tub all week.

Ghetto Fabulous? I think so!!!

Give a dog a bone

Every night around 9:30 my parents dog, Buddy, get's all excited. Why you ask, well because it's time to feed the cat. I know this may not seem like typical dog behavior but he loves it. You see most dogs enjoy treats, bones, cookies, whatever you want to call them. My dog loves cat food. He would give anything for cat food. When you feed the cat you drop a few pieces of cat food on the floor. You would think this would be enough to satusfy his craving, but no, then comes wet food. After you scoop the wet food into the bowl, buddy gets the can. He doesn't just lick the can, he plays with it for hours. He gets every last morsel of cat food out of the can. When this is done he carries the can around the house with him for the rest of the night. Occasionally licking it, chewing on it, sleeping with it. This is the highlight of his day.



McHenry's don't seem to do things the normal way, infact if there is an abnormal way to do things, that's what we'll do, even the dog.

Lyrics

I'm really enjoying these lyrics lately

& i'm trying to make you sing
from inside where you believe
like it's something that you need
like it means everything
& I'm trying to make you feel
that this is for real
that life is happening
& it means everything
i'm just trying to make you sing

Air Conditioning

My air conditioning is broken. (Things breaking seems to be a theme in my life this week) I know most of you are wondering why this bothers me since I don't use my air conditioner. That's just the thing, today was going to be the day, the day when I stop sweating my butt of for the sake of saving money. I'll admit that I'm not a huge fan of air conditiong and normally I'd avoid it, but it's going to be really hot today and I figured I'd treat myself to some air conditioning while I'm stuck in my house doing some really stressful school work (which will require a hot lap top to be on my lap for several hours)
I called my dad because I know he knows an air conditioning guy that he trusts.

This man is on vacation....vacation!....while my airconditer is broken!

I think air conditioning repair men should not be allowed to go on vacation during the summer!

Lets face it, that's like an army medic going on vacation in the middle of a war!

(OK i think the heat may be getting to me head now!)

Movie Soundtracks

I love movie soundtracks. I own several of them and I just seem to have a love for the music in movies. I often said that my dream job would be that person who gets to decide what songs would go into movies. Last night I was at my parents house. My dad was watching "The Great Raid" a terrific movie I highly reccomend. This movie has an incredible score. I was in the next room and was compleatly distracted by the music. I love this soundtrack.

Some of my other favorites are...
The Piano
Lonesome Dove
Little Women
A River Runs Through It
The Majestic
Titanic

I know there are others I just can't think of them right now.

(The funny thing is some of these movies I haven't even seen.)