I'm Here to Snake Your Drain

We've had plumbers at our house for three days straight. There's been a weird gurgling sound in our master bathroom toilet. Turns out, tree roots have gotten into the pipe. Did he have to show me? They grow into the pipe and when they reach the top, they wind around and around it, trying to bust through the toilet and into your bedroom. SO creepy!

He cleaned out the pipe and said we'll have to repeat the process every 1-2 years. Which reminds me of that new commercial...



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Also, the toilet in the half bath had to be completely reset, because the flange had separated from the pipe. $700 later, everything is fixed!

Me (joking): It seems we should just be able to pour RoundUp down the toilet once a week to control the roots.
Jeff: That might kill the tree.
Me: Actually, I was more thinking about herbicides running into our wastewater and ruining the environment, but yeah. There's that.

Now he's got me thinking... kill the tree- no more roots!


Friday Five: Contact

1. When did someone last knock on your door, and who was it?
   Yesterday afternoon- A plumber... for the third time this week.
   
2. When did someone last call you on the phone, and who was it?
   Yesterday afternoon-- Lauren's orthodontist.
3. When did someone last hand you a business card, and who was it?
   Tuesday- the first plumber
4. When did someone last hand you a pen, magnet, calendar, or other trinket with his or her business info on it, and what was it?
   My friend Grant sent me a fancy paper weight with his financial services company name on it a few weeks ago.
5. When did you last get info out of a phone book?
   I looked up HEB's phone number about two weeks ago. I would have looked it up online, but I was in the kitchen and the phone book was handy.