Warm Water Heater

Thanks to the blog, we know that it was only in September that we replaced our hot water heater. But something is amiss, and we're back to lukewarm showers. Lame. Mr. Plumber is on his way.

In other plumbing news, we continue to have trouble with the slow drain in the kitchen sink, which we thought we had fixed. We thought briefly that perhaps the extreme cold was to blame -- perhaps there was a frozen drainpipe. While that is certainly possible, it seems there is also something else blocking the drain, as it has warmed up a bit and still the drain is slow as molasses. In fact, there may be molasses in the drain.

Other than that, we're still buried under quite a bit of snow that we hope will have melted by July. And we all have varying degrees of a cold. Achoo! Carter got a clean bill of health from the vet, and his anniversary of joining our family is coming up. We should have a party!

PROFESSIONAL PLUMBING UPDATE: Mr. Plumber was here, and it looks like we got a defective water heater. We'll be getting a new one, but unfortunately not until sometime next week. Brrrrr....

DO-IT-OURSELVES PLUMBING UPDATE: Jake busted out the auger and worked it through the cleanouts of the kitchen sink drain. We're hopeful that he has busted up whatever blockage was holding things up. Hooray!