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Mommy, there is a leak in playroom!

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Three years ago we started having a few drip occasionally in our playroom from the upstairs bathroom. Recently it got worse and we called in the plumber. Once it was discovered that it was not a plumbing issue, it turned into a tiling problem.  The tiling people said that it would need a drywaller, and then a tiler. Which would cost about $2000+. This is how much water collected after 2 showers in the main bathroom. This is how much water collected after 2 showers in the main bathroom.   So we did it ourselves...$120 and one pissed off Mommy/Wife. Colin demoed 75% and Painted 75% After demoing we found the wall had deteriorated  so I made a wall with expanding foam. I installed a water barrier. Then came the tiles. Then the grout but found that Colin had not demoed enough, so demoed and replaced the grout on the third wall. The molding looked terrible. It was chipped and peeling so we had to sand, prime and paint. Then we sealed it.  I

How I learned to love reading.

I have never been a good reader. I have tried for years to read especially after I had children to be a good example. I wanted to raise kids who loved to rea   It did get easier once ereading was invented but I was still really slow. I felt dumb. I think because I was so slow and I had a hard time processing the written word that I was attracted to simpler books written for teenagers. I also like a sweet love story. This is where I developed my love of stories of Utopian society or more accurately the failure of Utopian society, lol and my favorite love stories involving vampires and other magical characters. A year ago I lost the ability to read due to depression and CFS. I still wanted to read so my friend suggested audiobooks. I started finding a selection of unabridged audio books on the website of my public library using the OneClick, Overdrive apps and when the library didn't have something I wanted to read I went to Audible. Now I have a book going all the time and

Bubbi does Beautiful work.

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Bubbi made camp blankets for all the kids.  She does amazing work sewing bags for the GoGo Grannies on behalf of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. She's just awesome. Greater Vancouver GoGos Stephen Lewis Foundation