Thanks to you, Mr and Mrs Wilkey

Ahh, the Wilkeys have done it again. Right in the midst of the maddening plumbing challenge that was keeping Heidi from having any hot water, Jenn and Justin came over and Justin figured it out right away. I was going to try an alternative union method (compression fittings) because I was thinking I'd never get the line dry enough to sweat the copper. But Justin figured out what the problem was, drained the line, and then helped me solder everything together, including making the most ridiculous copper cut ever, only to have me notice that we didn't even need the piece he had just cut (sorry, Justin!). Then he showed me the simplest way to pipe the cold water into the kitchen, showed me how to tighten the seal on my compression fittings for under the sink, explained the proper use of teflon tape, and made sure that we don't have any leaks. Plus, he checked out the seal on the fridge and helped move a stack of 16' crown molding out of Heidi's apartment and into the basement. Pretty awesome for an evening's work!! Thanks again to the Wilkeys for helping out at a moment's notice.

And not to be outdone, after the Wilkeys departed, Heidi asked me to show her how to scrape wallpaper so she could work on the bathroom whenever she has time. We worked on it while we talked about our feelings and then I filled the bathroom with dust when I turned on the shop-vac to clean up the messy little paper crumbles. DOH!

I think Heidi's place is going to be fantastic when everything is done. I was thinking today that there have been some unexpected but wonderful consequences of her staying here which include that a) I am less lonely, 2) I am motivated to do something on the kitchen project every day, and another thing) um, did you see that OBAMA sign we erected? Day-ummm.