It has been a good and productive week this week, which has seen us finishing off our Australian Aboriginal unit study, learn about John Smith and Pocahontas, plod along with maths and continue on with an IGCSE English paper.
The girls have been jewelry making, drawing and scrapbooking in their spare time, whilst T has been focusing on his physics IGCSE. He is taking a mock exam today to see how he performs under exam conditions. L has named her jewelry company Sugar and Spice and all Jewelry Nice, which I think is kind of clever and quirky 🙂
Tuesday night, a few minutes before midnight, our toilet cistern split. Thank goodness I was still up and heard the water pouring out onto the floor. It could only have happened moments before but the bathroom floor was already completely covered by water. Apparently (I can’t quite remember because I think I may have panicked slightly) I ran to our bedroom shouting at Gary that the loo had exploded and he had to do something otherwise we would all drown in our beds. I am the queen of exaggeration. And as I said, I panicked.
Gary, even though he was fast asleep, reacted with what can only be called lightening quick responses. He didn’t panic, but simply turned off the water source to our house and surveyed the situation. Note to everyone who knows me. Gary is the one to call in an emergency, not me.
He spent Wednesday afternoon completely removing our old toilet and fitted a new one. All by himself. I mopped the floors. Seriously. Call Gary, and not me.
Our bathroom is still a bomb site and I am seriously behind on the washing due to the sheer amount of towels needed to mop up the floor. But we didn’t drown in our beds. Which is something to be grateful for.
Next week I will be taking my customary month off in December. I will repost some of my previous Christmas posts, and will at some point do a yearly wrap up. I also have a post coming out on another homeschool site, which I will post a link to. Apart from that I will be taking it easy.
I intend to finish up school for the year and spend the festive season with my family and friends.
Have a wonderful rest with the family!
Thank you 🙂
Have a great break! Your toilet story cracked me up. I can’t wait to show my husband that I am not the only one to post pictures of their husband replacing the toilet. I am so glad you all did not drown in your beds!
Blessings, Dawn
Lol! I still say we could have drowned had I not heard the leak! It was pouring out. Very scary when I think about it!
Oh, yes. So very grateful you didn’t drown! That would have been tragic.:((
Have a lovely December and a very merry Christmas. Hugs from me to you.:))
Hugs to you too, my lovely friend. I hope you also have a wonderful and peaceful Christmas.
Have a magical holiday season.
Thank you. You too!
I’m picturing the toilet scene, and sadly my reaction might be like yours. And I hear you on the behind on laundry.To cheer you up, I share The Terrible Laundry Disease: http://adventuresinmommydom.org/science-sunday-beware-the-terrible-laundry-disease/
I remember that post!!
Wow, Gary is super! I won’t even know where to start with fixing the toilet! Have a blessed December!
And you Hwee! Have a lovely Christmas!
I had a toilet disaster once, it wasn’t quite as dramatic as that but it was very very frustrating and time consuming. I ended up rigging up a temporary plumbing fix with an empty liquor bottle and a piece of wood, which I felt was very enterprising of me.
Very enterprising in deed 🙂
Oh my, I think I would have panicked a bit too! Blessings this festive season to you and your family.
Thank you. I hope you have a wonderful pain free Christmas (())
Everybody needs some drama for events like your toilet, otherwise it’s just a boring old broken toilet. Well done providing the fun aspect 🙂 Enjoy your time off for Christmas!
Ha! That fun I could well do without! It wasn’t my finest moment….
I’m so glad you have Gary! Hope you have a fabulous and crisis free December 🙂
He he! Thank you Leah. I hope you have a fabulous Christmas also 🙂