What I'm Reading This Week #47

Heidi ho party people!  I hope your week has been productive and you're starting to get all of your holiday niblets together since Thanksgiving is next week somehow.  Well, I'm trying to remember what I told you last on the bathroom front.  Hang on and let me check...please hold.  Oh my.  I have a bit to catch you up on if anyone is out there.  So as I was taking a shower, I was looking at the corner and I'm like 'you've got to be kidding me.'  We have subway tile walls and guess what...the grout lines don't line up.  I sent it to the Mr who sent it to the project manager saying the grout lines don't line up and followed it with this gif:

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You have to know that is COMPLETELY out of character for him and friggin' HILARIOUS even though the situation was anything but.  He said he would talk about what they want to do and would get back to us.  In the meantime, the Mr called the manufacturer at my suggestion because I 1) wanted to know our options with the base and cap that was the only problem we knew of before that and 2) what the timeline would be to get someone out here.  He talks to someone who is very nice and you can tell is shaking his head about the whole thing like "what a bunch of idiots!"  So he said the problem was while the base could be repaired, the ceiling cap couldn't because it needs to be epoxied and it can't be applied upside down.  The only way it could be fixed is by slapping a piece of trim over the scratches. Great.  Oh and the timeline for the base repair was going to be 3-6 WEEKS.  

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At that point since the news couldn't get much worse, I told him to ask about how to fix the grout lines not matching up and he was like 'we template them so the lines match, I don't know how that would happen."  (aka- 'did you hire monkeys?')  He said the only way to fix it now would be to again, put a piece of trim in the corner (cove molding) and hope it breaks up the lines enough your eye can't see the mistake or sledgehammer it all out.  (This is stone, not acrylic.)  We thanked him for the info and grabbed a piece of cove molding we had laying around and put it in the corner.  Nope.  It doesn't "break it up" enough for the optical illusion to work.  We took an hour to process because honestly we couldn't even put together thoughts at that point and were drafting a reply when I got one from the project manager saying they all discussed it and he reached out to the manufacturer who told them 3-6 weeks for a repair which is unacceptable especially if they go to fix it and find they need to reorder it all again anyway.  (I'm sure he pooped his pants when the guy he talked to there (whom we gave the order number to) likely said "oh yeah, the homeowner called us.")  So they will be sledgehammering out everything they've done thusfar.  It was like it didn't happen at all except now they could potentially do more damage to new fixtures installed, pipes, not to mention the noise will be 100x worse.  We have ZERO timeline on this now.  When we went on our walk that night we tried to convey how each of us were feeling and it oddly is very close to finding out something like a death or accident has happened because we both said we felt that gut wrenching familiarity of survival mode that kicked in brain wise.

Yeah, it's been a week and I'm as tired of saying it as you are of hearing it and I know that because like 30 people have stopped by this week.  

Now let's hear about:

These 'Comfort Foods' Are Physically Making Your Stress Levels Worse  (Soo all of it?  Grab a piece of celery because that's about the only thing not on the list)

3 Quick Hacks to Stop Overreacting With Your Partner  (Gee, I don't do this at all)

8 Steps for Making a Healthier Charcuterie Board  (It's snicky snack season!  So load this baby up and be the holiday or game day hero.)

Feel Out Of Control Around Food? The Reasons Why May Surprise You  (Or not)

What's the Best Breakfast for Weight Loss? The Answer May Be Different for Men and Women  (Interesting stuff but if one more person says I need protein only for breakfast I'm going to scream.  I will eat my hand in 2 hours if I have protein only.)

Patients Are Suing Over Alleged Side Effects of Weight-Loss Drugs  (I'm about to have a little tirade.  This very thing is the reason we "don't just do Ozempic."  A quick search of side effects list thousands of people's stories of now needing a feeding tube due to stomach paralysis and other horrible side effects.  People are so trusting of ignorant doctors, many of whom are in bed with drug companies (take a look around the room next time you're there) or they don't look up potential side effects or think they don't apply to them.  Read this story and never let some asshole doctor tell you what hers did.  If you were fine before a medication and not fine after, logic says the med is the first thing to cut.)

What's The Deal With All The Food Recalls And Outbreaks Lately?  (I've been wondering the same thing!)

64 Reminders if You're Filled With Holiday Dread  (For my grievers)

Research: Wash Your Hands Immediately After Touching These 10 Things  (For real.  The world is a germy trash heap)

30 Everyday Objects You’re Using All Wrong  (Didn't know that about bobby pins and I'm not doing that with my iron.)

How to Remove Soap Scum—7 Proven Methods  (Have a new shower installed? 😜)

Miss a post here this week?  Catch up below:

Twilight Zone Weekend Recap

My Psychology Behind Gift Giving

I don't know what happened but out of nowhere, this listing really hit the mark somewhere and I've sold one a day for the past week.  

If it's something you, a friend or your therapist would like for a holiday gift, swing on by!  There's also a t-shirt and an iced coffee sipper glass available as well. 

I think we may try to do an attic hatch insulation if the stuff I ordered arrives in time.  Jealous?

What exciting adventures do you have planned for the weekend?

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