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Post by yearning4order on Dec 9, 2009 22:14:05 GMT -5
OK this is a huge moment! Only very recently did I actually de-squalor my *furnace room* of all places, along with the laundry room adjacent to it!
We've had the temperature plummet this last week, and my rental has an older fire sprinkler system, which lives in the attic. Sadly, this froze, and this morning it began blowing sprinkler heads off the ceiling, as well as the backflow valve. I had quite a bit of standing water in my furnace room.
The miracle is that while the house had clutter from Christmas decorations being out, the furnace room and laundry room were decluttered and required no effort on my part to move anything so repair people could get in!
The water to the sprinkler system has been shut down, the burst sprinkler heads have been plugged, and while I have a mess to clean up (plus several laundry loads of all those old diapers I'd been saving for rags), it really doesn't look too bad in here.
My landlord stopped by to pick up the rent check, and although she didn't ask to come in to survey the damage, I invited her in and said, "Oh if this was my house I would just want to see it to make sure it was ok." She was really relieved to see that the black water spray on the walls was cleanable, and that there will be no permanent water damage in the house as a result of this.
Thank you all for your support and encouragement. It's such a gift to be able to have a repair person come in and not be panic stricken.
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Dec 10, 2009 1:16:34 GMT -5
 Congratulations !!!- |
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Post by still on Dec 10, 2009 1:41:10 GMT -5
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Post by moonglow on Dec 10, 2009 11:58:51 GMT -5
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Post by sidestep on Dec 10, 2009 12:13:55 GMT -5
Great job having your rooms repair person ready! Fantastic job!    |
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Post by puppybox on Dec 10, 2009 14:14:11 GMT -5
well, if that isn't a success I don't know what is.
awesome.
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Post by messymimi on Dec 10, 2009 19:12:46 GMT -5
You are living my dream!
messymimi |
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Post by gettingsomewhere on Dec 10, 2009 19:32:21 GMT -5
woohooooo. happy dancing for you y4o!!!
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Post by StuffNoMore on Dec 10, 2009 19:34:49 GMT -5
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Post by mouseanne on Dec 10, 2009 20:11:12 GMT -5
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Post by yearning4order on Dec 11, 2009 1:45:54 GMT -5
Isn't is wonderful to be able to invite the land lady in because you CAN!!!!! I just wanted to say that I'm not living in 0 degree squalor yet--but it's amazing what getting down to the floors, purging stuff and hit or miss learning to defend will do. For instance, I can't say I'm vacuuming every week, in spite of my best efforts, but let's say twice a month--which is up from *never*, how I used to do it. It's still *scary* mind you, because there are things like the stove top which has horrible horrible cooked on stuff that I have no clue how to get off, and the stove was brand new when I got here. The rec room is once again staging area and overfull with things that need to be sorted and such, and the office, while it's not at all like it used to be--frankly the bookshelves are a crammed mess of junk and every shelf, file cabinet in here is basically like that. So it's still quite awkward. But with the exception of the rec room, no goat paths. I offer this up because if anyone is out there awaiting repairs and such, but somehow feels they must be in 0 degree squalor before anyone come in; it's simply not true. And while I felt *comfortable* for the most part, I'm not without some fear because I know there is still much to do. But that's my fear--the repair person didn't give a 2nd look to my stove, or the totally chaotic book shelves, etc. Thank you all for the encouragement and the challenges! |
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Post by creativechaos on Dec 11, 2009 3:32:55 GMT -5
what a great report, y4o! thanks for the realistic and heartening reminder that we don't have to have a perfect 0 degree to let people in! YAY for you for having these very wise realizations and sharing them here. who knows how many may be helped by this?
big congratulations and WTG!
luv, cc
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Post by mellowyellow on Dec 12, 2009 10:30:16 GMT -5
Oh that was great to read. It's wonderful that you were able to do it so blithely and easily.  A great feeling, indeed. |
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Post by Bizzy on Dec 12, 2009 20:01:27 GMT -5
Well I would be tickled pink! Almost makes you want to have something break down so you can have someone in to fix it- before anything gets really messed up again! (not...) I can only think of this happening a few times in my life - and at those times- ( way back when........) mess was not a big problem. Little did I appreciate how much better it was to be more focused on whatever the repair problem was - than on how I felt about the mess my house was in! And I agree- things don't have to be all completely spiffed up to be passable. Life is for living after all- and living is messy- even for "normal" people. We are so blind to our messes - sometimes when we "wake up" we think it has to be all or nothing. Drrrrr. Relief and pride! Those are two good things yearning! good for you!!!  BIzzy |
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Post by shopgirl on Dec 12, 2009 20:58:39 GMT -5
That's fantastic! Life is good when you can have people in to fix things without having to panic-clean first. Congratulations!
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