You Need a Man

who can take almost anything apart and fix it -- or at least figure out how it works! Other qualities for a man -- tall, blonde and handsome -- yeah, they're helpful too, but when it comes right down to it, a fix-it guy is well worth having!

Today it was Auntie Violet's toilet. She's been complaining that it no longer held water -- that the water just seemed to seep away. So it seemed a new seal was in order. While we were at Camping World, we checked them out. Seems there are two of them that fit her Landsea toilet, but we couldn't find the model number so that we could know which one was the right one. We probably should have picked up both kinds and returned the one we didn't need, but Forry took an educated guess based on all of the measurements.

It was too gusty to spray today, so today was the day to take everything apart. The top portion of the toilet assembly comes off and this seal sort of goes in the middle part (darn, why didn't I think to take a picture?!). Well, the seal we bought wasn't exactly like the one she had, but strangely enough, it actually seemed to fit better! Now we are wondering whether the wrong one was put in initially at the factory...?

Well, after letting everything sit for a period of hours (and a few tests), Forry had it all working -- AND he installed a new sprayer as well. (Ours was not always shutting off well, it tended to drip.) Oh, and the model number, he never did find it, even when he had it all apart.

Never thought I'd be writing about fixing toilets, but it's like everything else in an RV -- or a house, for that matter -- things wear out, break, don't work anymore and hopefully someone is around who can fix them!

And One Last Saturday

I was going to try to sleep in this morning, but Forry was up and showering at six, so I figured there was no hope!

He spent most of his day showing the houses to the long-termers who arrived last night; telling and showing the new "go-fer" where to shop; explaining how the septic system and LP gas tanks worked; and finally going with me to the Costco store in Chula Vista. We haven't had to cook at home for two months, so really needed to stock up on groceries. I still need to run into Rancho San Diego in the morning to pick up eggs, milk and orange juice -- since Costco's quantities are way too much for just two people.

We stopped by House #5 before we left to get a picture of our friends. I am quite ticked -- the battery on my camera went dead after I snapped just one picture! I got Hector to take off his hat so that we could see his face, but then my camera just up and died!

They are standing on the hill just above where the house is being built. Edith and a friend were busy planting ice plants on the slope down to the house and Hector was installing a sprinkler system. We're certainly not going to have to worry about landscaping on this house!

This picture is from yesterday. It's taken at House #4 with Elmer, the inspector, checking out the rough-in for inspection. The fellow on the right is Jon, the 19 year old who has been here since January who has done most of the framing, He's going to stay on for another month, so he'll be as much of a help to the new folks as he was to us.l

We're going to try to get a fairly early start in the morning -- but we'll see how it goes.