My first home cooked meal...by me!

Ok - so we have been so blessed since we have been home that I have not even had to make a meal yet. So often when we were away, I thought, "I just wish I was at home and could make whatever I wanted to eat...whenever I wanted it." I had thought that about other things too. I remember thinking that I would no longer complain about the constant squeal in the shower because I had a shower with hot water.
SO when we got home I realized that our upstairs sink was not draining any water. Now this is the only full bathroom that we have and so all morning and evening rituals and all bathing by everyone is done there...and the sink didn't drain. Oh, well...we made do...we just used the tub to wash and brush our teeth - it is what we did in Africa so no big deal. I really thought that I would buy some DrainO at the store and all would be well. It took me a few days to actually get the DrainO, then about 3 bottles and several days later I realized that this was a slightly bigger issue than I had originally thought! Once I do all that I can think of, I then ask Brian to look at it. He took the sink apart and found that yes, it was indeed really clogged! He went to Lowe's to get professional cleaner. Unfortunately, he ended up with some on his hand which required lots of flushing of water and jumping up and down...only to find that the professional stuff didn't work either...so then we call Ed.
Ed goes back a long way with us. Early in our marriage we learned that it was good to always have a plumber/electrican on hand because when you live in old houses, and things go wrong, there is usually a huge mess that follows. SO Ed is used to the call, "Hey, Ed, we started this project to fix (fill in the blank), but we hit a road block and need you to come!" So this time he came within the hour. And he was here for a while...only for him to tell us that he needs to get to the pipe from the kitchen ceiling. Nice.
So out goes everything from the pantry, again. Our pantry has been cleaned out twice a year since we moved in a couple of years ago...no need to say why! ANYWAY - we gathered the kids, formed an assembly line and emptied the pantry and cleared the way for the mess that will come tomorrow morning when Ed returns with another guy to fix the pipe that apparently rusted closed while we were away and the whole section needs to be replaced! SO long story short...NO home cooked meal tonight!
But you can see God's plan in all of this. Brian has to drop off the van to get looked at because the check engine light is on and we did have a way to get him back home because our other vehicle doesn't hold all of us. AND Ed come from the same side of town. So Ed is going to pick him up and bring him home when he comes to fix the pipes...see everything works our perfectly! Heehee :-)

Funny thing:
Last night Korpo came up to me and asked for a fish biscuit. Maybe I had heard her wrong so I asked her to repeat herself. Nope, she definately said fish biscuits. I nicely explained that we don't have fish biscuits in our house, and tried to contain my disgused...THEN it dawned on me...she wanted...any guesses? Goldfish crackers! Hahahahahaha :-)