Invincibility 💪

 So I just did a thing and I'm feeling like a rock star!

This sink has been dripping for over a year now!  Yup, you read that right, and if I'm honest, it's probably been 2.  

ARGGGGGGG!

I have acted like I don't have the time to dig up the info, but Tim found it in seconds of asking. 

Then I acted like I didn't have the time to call the place to get replacement parts.  

But that was also a bit of a fallacy.

But I also knew that once I dug into it, it was going to take longer than expected.  This isn't my first rodeo in an old house.  In fact it isn't even my second or third rodeo.  I have been riding this bucking bronco for almost 30 years, and I haven't won a blue ribbon yet!

But I obviously must like the torture, as I can't seem to give up the 'ever present' challenge.

It took me weeks to work with the manufacturer to attain the right parts.  After a huge run around for receipts and proof of purchase, I found out it was all for naught and it ended up that they wouldn't replace the parts for free as the warranty was not in place when we purchased it.  

Whatever!

But of course, after producing a credit card and paying an exorbitant amount, the cartridge to fix the leak, was on its way.  

SO

After two googling attempts and Levi as a wingman

I ACTUALLY FIXED IT!

WHAT?!?!?

And in the end, it wasn't that hard.  I am now going to all faucets in the house to see what else I can fix!  

Cause now I feel like I can CONQUER the world!

I know that Opa is smiling down on me, feeling like he empowered his third born girl, the one who he called Little Jo all of his life.  The one that he had up on a roof before she could barely do a cartwheel.  The one he listened to endlessly up on those roofs, when he wasn't sending me down for more shingles (maybe to shut me up!?).  The one who could never carry up a full bundle of shingles, but learned that if you just carry up as much as you can at a time, you will get there.  The one who, since her roofing days, has refinished many a floor, painted many a ceiling and who has replaced dishwashers and has never been afraid of heights.  But now also the one who hires great handymen, and knows how to find ones who work with honesty, grit and integrity.  And now the one who tips extremely well, for she learned that when you hire those that were like her dad, they never do charge enough.    

Thanks Opa - I'm proud that I can do so many things that I've learned from you.  Not to mention roof a house.  You helped me to become a strong, resilient, determined, hard working and generous person (who has lots of grit!)  

I miss you and love you dad, but I know you are here with me every step of the way!

Now if you can just help me with the bubbling wall next to the kitchen sink, I'd be ever so grateful!

💙💙

Little Jo

handy(wo)man extraordinaire