“C’mon, Mom! Please stop crying. You’ve gotta admit…it’s sorta
funny that the chandelier is now filled with pee.” Anna-12
There’s nothing quite like returning home and discovering a waterfall in your dining room. One of my beautiful, smart children, who will remain nameless, accidentally clogged her a toilet on the second floor. The evil toilet then overflowed for several hours into the dining room below, through the first floor and into the recently refinished basement. On a positive note, the next time I have guests for dinner, I will be able to engage them in a fun new game of “Guess What’s Been in the Chandelier.”
Young American Wisdom 
Oh no!
Waterfalls are great… until they mix with drywall!
YIKES!
😦
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…and pee. 😦 😦
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I had that happen with a toilet that overflowed all night long for me to find a waterfall in my dining room.
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Did you cry too?
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On the bright side – she won her tennis match!
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…and I’m finally getting the dining room repainted.
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O-M-G
I’m at a loss for words with this one!
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Not me. Sadly, I had a slew of four letter words that came pouring out of my mouth…much like the toilet water that came pouring out of the ceiling. 😦
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I wouldn’t have been crying — I don’t think. I swear a lot, even when happy. I assume there would be a great deal of non-happy swearing.
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In between tears, I managed to shout out several four letter words.
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I’d be p–sed. Tell her she won’t think it’s funny when you tell her boyfriends the story.
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I’m sick more than pissed. I think she was worried that I was about to have a nervous breakdown and it was her way of trying to get me to smile. She feels horrible. 😦
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You’re stories are great methods of birth control. 🙂
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Having 3 kids in less than 3 years seemed like a good idea at the time. 😉
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Ugh! That’s all I really have to say.
And get yourself a nice big piece of chocolate. You deserve it!
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Instead of chocolate cake, I went for the Girl Scout Cookies. Peanut Butter Patties followed up by Thin Mints and chased with a bottle of red wine.
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Replace the light fixture with a street light pole and you could impress your guests with a rendition of Singin’ in The Rain…
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-or her daughter could take up pole dancing. That’d be sure to impress the relatives at the next family Christmas party.
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Spectra, that’s when we send her to boarding school. Just like Chris Rock says, “Gotta keep her off the pole.”
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Cooper, that is fantastic! I’ll be smiling all day thinking about that image. Thanks! 🙂
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HAHAHA!! After Anna’s quote, I had NOOO idea where this was going!
Love it!!!
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If I don’t laugh about this stuff, I’d never make it through parenting. Seriously, I’d be locked up in a metal institution.
Writing it down and sharing it, makes it seem less earth shattering.
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EW! I’m so sorry! So,how are you taking care of the issue with the floor? Seeping through- Is there an odor? Have you been able to througly dry everything or does the amonia in urin actually kill mold?
That sounds like a real pain to clean. Good luck with that!
Sandi
http://www.ahhsome.wordpress.com
Lake Forest, CA
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Luckily, a friend of ours owns a clean-up company. They rolled in giant fans and dehumidifiers to dry us out. Then they drilled holes in the ceiling and attached tubes to blow air into the floorboards. My dining room looks like a scene out of a science fiction movie.
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Oh my gosh!! Nancy, Nancy, Nancy – you’ve earned a vacation, my friend. Please make sure you turn the water off in your house before you leave. Though really, it will be a funny story to tell at parties… later, of course. Much later.
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Yes, it will be a very story, much later when I stop crying and can flush a toilet without cringing.
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When we decided we wanted a one-story house, that was not on the list of reasons.
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I’m wishing I had a one-story house right now. Not only would I not have to replace my dining room ceiling, but I wouldn’t have to lug my laundry up two flights of stairs. You’re a smart woman!
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Maybe if you had a really big chandelier, it would’ve stopped the flow right there.
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Instead of putting the existing chandelier back up, I’m going to attatch a large baby pool to the ceiling…just in case. 😉
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OMG Nancy, I would have killed her! Dearie, you and I need to just disappear together for a week or two. *hugs*
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How about disappearing for a couple of months? The snow will be melted, spring will be right around the corner and the pee filled chandelier a distant memory. 😉
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Works for me! We could visit Sedona and Shasta and have a blast freaking everyone out. 😆
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You know, I grew-up in Valencia. I’m not sure how far that is from you. Next time I’m in Cali, I’m taking you to lunch.
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Valencia is about 40 miles north of us. And if you make it out here, we definitely need to do lunch! 🙂
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Ewww… Our shower drain blocked once & flowed down the stairs. Our son didn’t bother to turn it off he just kept showering. At least it was only soapy water.
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“Ewww” is right! It even spashed in my eyes and mouth. I’m having trouble sleeping at night. Can you blame me?
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That sound is me laughing with you. The future you. And knowing I will be telling my own tales like this a few years down the road. 😉
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Deb, hopefully I won’t be reading those tales from my private padded room at the mental institution.
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You’d be amazed to learn that’s happened to millions o fpeople! I’ve seen it twice – the toilet overflowing and flodding the downstairs – in my short life!
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Welcome, Hook! Has this happened to you twice? Oh man, I might start turning the water off each time I leave the house.
Thanks so much for reading. I’m happy you stopped by.
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hey this could catch on…
I mean it beats that boring pass the parcel…
Well it does unless the parcel is that of a beautiful
maiden and she is… Well we won’t even go there 🙂 lol
Androgoth Xx
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