Bookshelves and Repairs

Our big after-holiday project is a new set of bookshelves in our house. The fill a 10 ft. wall and are 7 feet tall, with 6 shelves. Therefore, of course, stuff starts breaking.

Refrigerator water: John calls me at work one day after New Years to say the refrigerator is leaking water all over the place. The plastic line bringing fresh water into the fridge was cracked. We turned the water off, DH (dear hubby) came home early to see what it would take to fix. After several trips to Lowes, he thought he had a fix. However, the plastic line was too old and brittle, and it kept breaking. So today, I had a REAL PLUMBER come out. He replaced the whole thing with copper--yeah!

And then I found out that the 1/2 bath (off laundry room) sink was leaking. Water goes in then out into the bucket underneath. I asked Renee how long it had been leaking and she couldn't remember. This is not a sink we use very much. The whole sink is a mess, so I think I'll get a pedestal sink and have the nice plumber come back to install everything new.

{later} When I got home Thursday, the first thing hubby says is "your iron almost burned the house down." The auto shut off button failed and it had been left on. Needless to say, I need a new iron. The wires were practically melted.

And, the dishwasher is still broken.