Thinking out Loud About Plumbing Again/Thankful Thursday Crafting

Hi everyone!!! I hope everyone is having a truly blessed Thursday!!

Today I am joining in with Penny for Thinking out Loud Thursday HERE and Rebecca Jo, at Knit By God's Hand, for Thankful Thursday HERE. Please link up and join us today!!


Well friends - today I am still thinking out loud about plumbing! If you did not read my post last week in this regard...here is a summary! I got a new dishwasher and my neighbor got a new leak! I kept insisting it was not me and asking him to get a plumber to come check it out. How does a new dishwasher leak within a week of install?!?! Well, they do! It was me! So we shut off my water and called Lowe's which is who I purchased from and who also installed it for me. They came out yesterday and repaired my one week old dishwasher!!! UGH!!! I am praying this is it for the issues but time will tell. My neighbor is now getting an estimate to fix his water damage and I will submit that to the Lowe's claim to pay it since it was their issue. UGH UGH UGH! I will keep you posted but I will truly be happy when I am not thinking out loud about appliances - HA!


Here is a picture of the broken part! It is where the fresh water comes into the appliance. The GE installer said that the Lowe's installer did it wrong and there is not supposed to be any of that white goop on there? 

Let's get right to thankful shall we?!?!


I am sooooo thankful that I have crafting to take my mind off the stress of everyday life!!!! 


Here is a new item in my Etsy shop...it is a Christmas tree with beach glass!!! The star in the top is a genuine Michigan beach crinoid which is a fossil that is 350 million years old! It turned out so great - I love it so much!

Also, If you follow along with my blog you know that a very dear friend (and ex-boyfriend) of mine had multiple strokes back in July.  I am very thankful that he is recovering fairly quickly. His writing is coming back slowly and vision is also coming back slowly but everything else is looking great! His walking is getting better and better and speech also. He is thinking clearer and quicker also. I think the scare a few weeks ago made him realize that I am serious about not being around if he chooses to make bad decisions and, although time will tell, I think maybe we are past that. He is not smoking anymore I know that for sure. 

So I am very grateful that we were able to go to dinner last night at one of his favorite restaurants for his 63rd birthday! YEAH!!! A few months ago we were not sure he was even going to live so I am also very grateful for a second chance at life for him and who knows...a second chance for us?!?!! We went to Dellalo's on Fort Couch Road in the South Hills of Pittsburgh and it was as fantastic as I remembered it. YUMMY ITALIAN! They make such great Italian sauces and products; they started selling them in the stores in this area.


I think that is all I have to spout about this beautiful Thursday! 

I love all of you my blog followers and hope you guys have a truly awesome Thursday and rest of the week!  I do not know what I would do without this outlet to vent!!!  Now I get to read all of your thoughts!!! Happy Thursday!

Anyone have any ideas for new beach glass art? Have you ever given an ex a second chance?? Every buy an appliance that had to be serviced the first week after install???  Any exciting plans for the weekend???

 

Rocking some new appliances and REO Speedwagon

Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday! Anyone else exhausted?!?! LOL! Buckle down everyone...this is a long post!!

As you saw in my last few posts, I had a great weekend filled with family and fun!  If you missed my weekend post you can see it HERE!

I am working backwards through the weekend - LOL!

The past weekend started out with a new dishwasher and that led to a new vacuum!

My dishwasher installer was awesome and he did an amazing job! This is the pathway I had cleared prior to his arrival so he could remove the old one and bring in the new one!The furniture was all shoved to the left - LOL!

My cats get freaked out when anything is different at all - so that BLEW their minds and they hid under the bed all day! LOL!

Here is the new beauty installed!!! LOVE IT! (Photos courtesy of GE website)

 Bottle washers!!! A win for my sports bottles!!

A top rack that goes up and down a full two inches to be able to wash taller things on the top or bottom!!! Yeah!

You know you are getting older when a dishwasher gets you excited! HA HA!

After taking out the old dishwasher, there was a huge mess so I started cleaning like a maniac (behind the old washer, behind the baseboards) and then the wheels fell off my vacuum! It is impossible to use a vacuum that does not roll around anymore so I ended up having to buy a vacuum too! UGH!

I actually found a great one at Walmart by accident! PS-THIS IS NOT A PAID ENDORSEMENT it truly is my own opinion and my own money!!

I had a Hoover before and it only lasted for two years before the wheels fell of so I decided to switch brands and try a Bissel this time! I LOVE IT! It was the second to the cheapest model and $60 less than a comparable Hoover and it is amazing! See how used it is already?!??! HA!

 It came with this awesome pet hair attachment that really works!!! As a cat person, I have tried them all and none of the pet hair attachments really work - this one truly does!  I am now obsessed with vacuuming - it takes every speck of cat hair off of beds, curtains, furniture and even the cat trees!!! It is worth the price of the entire vacuum!!! If you are in the market for a new vacuum try it - I swear - this is not a paid endorsement at all - I have received nothing from Bissel from this at all but this vacuum (and the pet hair attachment) is AMAZING!

This baby gets every hair from every surface!!!

And while I was showing you things - I decided to throw in a photo of this adorable cat food bowl!!! My niece (who is now 22) painted it for my very first cat Lucky. She put his name on it and also added a painted piece of food in the middle of the bowl (see it?) so Lucky would never be hungry!!!! How sweet was that?!?! She was and is still a wonderful young lady!! Love me some Jessica!

 And finally, this was my view walking into work this morning - LOL!!! We have corn hole boards that people can use at lunch or when they need a break from work and we have wild turkeys all over the campus! It looked like the turkeys were taking a break and playing some corn hole this AM! HA HA!

Saturday night was the time for the REO Speedwagon/Chicago concert at Starlake Amphitheater (it is actually Key Bank Pavilion now but everyone in Pittsburgh still calls it Starlake).

Here we are at our little family tailgate - LOL!!!

And this is the start of the show! REO Speedwagon was first and they were awesome! Everyone was so excited for all their hits and the entire audience sang along with every song! They played all the best hits! Soooo good!

And then the craziness began!

Between the two bands a sick public display happened!!  Sadly, we had a spectacle two rows in front of us...UGH! I have a video of a 60 something woman so drunk that she peed herself! She was in jean shorts and a belly shirt and was so trashed her daughter was embarrassed. She stood up and was dancing all over her neighbors and everyone behind her (us included) watched her pee herself and not realize it or care - ICK!!! If you follow me on Facebook you saw the spectacle! Seriously feel bad for the woman's daughter and hope the woman gets some help!! THAT is not social drinking! ICK!

THEN - It was time for Chicago to take the stage and they played for about an hour but never played ONE SINGLE TOP TEN HIT!!!???? We were waiting to hear Hard To Say I'm Sorry, You're the Inspiration, Stay the Night or Saturday in the Park!!!  They played a bunch of psychedelic music with no lyrics and explained between LONG, never-ending songs that they would get to their top ten hits later?!?! WHAT!?!?! It turns out that they decided to play everything BUT their hits! LOL!!!

I thought it was just us and a few others that walked out early too that felt this way this but here is the OFFICIAL REVIEW!!! We decided to leave after an hour of "not what we came to hear".

We got our moneys worth just from REO though - REO Speedwagon was that good!!!

Thanks for a great concert REO Speedwagon - You rock!!!! Chicago...not so much anymore...

Thanks for sticking with me through that long post and thanks for reading!! I hope you all have an amazing week!!!! Hugs!

Anyone else love some REO? What song takes you back to high school? Do you have a favorite band from back then? Any handmade items you cherish from a loved one?