After 16 months of hard water, our dishes were starting to get dingy and cloudy, so I finally called the Culligan man to see why our water softener didn’t do anything. He came out yesterday. I was relieved to see he was skinny and would fit into our utility closet. I had a momentary worry that the problem would be something like it not being plugged in, as I never went back there to poke around. It was plugged in and getting power — the timer was running but the unit wasn’t. There was a wire disconnected inside. He...
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To do — or not to do: Bathroom remodel
Mark went out on a requested solo winter break excursion the other day: a trip to Menards to pick up something to complete a gift for a friend. Hey, the guy knows how to go all out. While there he started browsing floor tiles and brought two home to see how they would look in our bathroom (at right is the one we liked better of the two). We’ve talked about re-doing everything in the bathroom pretty much since we moved in but last summer we bought new bedroom furniture instead. Now we’re thinking about the bathroom again. My...
