Insinkerator

   Bill tried snaking it and got a some out, but it still wasn't quite working.  There were still leaks, but less so, and it was draining really slowly.  It was time to call in a professional.

  The guy showed up bright and early yesterday and ended up staying for about three hours.  It wasn't quiet work.

  He had to keep going deeper and deeper to get the whole clog out.  He had pieces he could attach to the end of his snake to make it longer.  Each piece looked to add another six feet and he had to put on 6 more pieces.  It could be heard in the basement vibrating the walls.

  He replaced the pipes and so far everything is working.  Tank is glad to be getting his wet food in the morning again.  I'm glad that when we want to eat anything we don't need to worry about dirtying a dish.

  Today Bill cut some new wood for the under-sink area.  He was thinking of staining it, but I also have a mat to put down, so you won't really see it and water shouldn't get to it anyway.  Things are back under there with a few less items, and hopefully everything will be happy for a while.

  I tried making one of those looped together headbands I've been seeing a lot of on TikTok.  I wanted to make it a cowl, so I made it a bit longer and tried to seam it so that it didn't have a front and a back.  I was sort of successful, but not as much as I wanted.  One side looks a bit off, but it doesn't look as bad as the wrong side of a seam would look.  I'm going to try another one and see if I can make it a bit better.

  I've finally started the brioche hat I mentioned before.  The one that has the same pattern as the blue one, but we will see if it works better with a different yarn.  So far I think it does, but on the body of the hat is where we will really be able to tell.

Christmas Time is Here!

   Tank got two of his presents today.  He really liked his new salmon bursting treats and he also got to go outside and eat some grass.  I wanted to get him some crinkle balls, but I wasn't able to find any.  Luckily he doesn't understand Christmas and I can give them to him later.

  My mom likes making these branch gnomes.  She had some troubles finding the branches this year, but we all got there in the end.

  The spread for the lunch.  Rolls, stuffing, Korean sweet potatoes, bacon wrapped brussel sprouts, pork loin, cranberry sauce, stuffed green olives, ranch pickles, and Muldy Apple drink (a drink I saw on Quincy’s Tavern's TikTok).  There was also wine and beer, it was very good.

  All the presents!  Everyone got something they will use/eat/drink.  It was fun and I always think it's the best part to find fun things that other people will like.

  I was blessed!  Nezumi used to sleep laying on top of me, but since I've moved out, I've become a stranger.  She's also 17 years old and might be having a hard time with memory.  She demanded some pork loin and after we were done opening presents she waited for someone to sit down so she could take a nap.  She even let Bill pet her some once she had a full tummy.

  After all that we went to meet some of the Popcorn Gang and watch a movie.  It was a good day.

Pre-New Year's Resolution

Pattern: Make Your Own Granny Square Sweater by TopKnot's Trunk - Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Cherry Chip - Hook: 6mm

  I finished this a while ago and just hadn't gotten around to taking a picture until right now.  There is no real reason why it took me so long to take the picture or to post about it.  In fact, I have about three posts, not including this one, that I have started and never went back to.  They are just fine and I have no reason to not work on them, other than I don't have a finished project to show.

  I need to work on that.  There is nothing wrong with showing progress pictures, I've done it a lot in the past.  The new year isn't too far off, but I am going to try and implement this before that happens.  I don't know if I will manage to do that or not, I have a cowl that I need to take out because both my gauge isn't working and I cast on too many stitches.  The couch blanket has also gotten no love lately.  I need to get excited about it again.

  This year I spent more time at home, so I didn't find as many random things during the summer months for people as I have in the past.  I don't think anyone will be disappointed in any way though, there is some high quality stuff in that box.

  There have been some other things that no one on here has gotten to hear about.  Our garbage disposal had stopped working a while ago.  We were able to make it work with a sink plunger for quite a good chunk of time.  However, when I was rinsing out Tank's food bowl, it gave three big bubbles and got stopped up.  Bill was able to get a new disposal and was trying to get it installed, but it didn't want to cooperate.  It didn't help that we had to flip almost every breaker to get the old disposal to lose power.  It was labeled as Basement on the left panel.  There was then a lot of leaking and it didn't help that the wood under our sink has been bad since before we moved in.

  We are really close to it working though, so things are looking up.  Now it's time to go to bed so Santa can show up and bring Tank the rest of his presents.