The Tesla of Toilets
You can LISTEN to this story here.Our circus has reached a new milestone and it involves DIY projects and a series of increasingly unfortunate events.One Saturday morning we were getting along with our day and had a few things to do.Hubs wanted to run the kids to Chick-fil-a to grab breakfast (yum) and I was working on decluttering my dresser and closet to find donations for the local rummage sale.In the hustle of finding clothes for everyone Bubba handed Little Bear something and asked her to throw it away. So she did. In our bathroom. The watercloset portion of our bathroom. Hubs saw her come out and asked what she was doing "I frow it way" she says. Okay.... no biggie, there's a trash can in there. Off they go.Upon returning they begin to eat their delicious breakfasts and I prepare to take a break and eat mine. Well. Nature called. In takin' care of business, I flushed and noticed a weird air bubble in the water. But wait. It WASN'T an air bubble. It was something.... plastic?Before I could react quick enough to grab it, toward the pipe and out of sight it went. CrapNow begins the minor freak out. I can't pull it out but I can just feel it. It's there. Deep breaths. We can retrieve this.I call to Hubs to BRING ME TOOLS. Which tools? I have no idea. But BRING THE TOOLS!He comes to help and we quickly realize that this. is. a. problem.We have a toilet snake (pro-tip, if you have toddlers, invest in a toilet snake. Best $45 we've spent.) Yet I don't think this is a job for the snake. We try hands, plyers, a wire hanger and the snake. Now the, what-we-can-assume is a plastic baby bottle lid, is lost forever. It's in the pipe portion of the toilet but can't get through to the actual drain... it's STUCK. Big time.We finally decide that we're going to have to purchase a new toilet and replace this one. I do what I do best and begin to research our options online. DID YOU KNOW? You can purchase toilets from $99 all the way up to $2500 and beyond!? Umm what!? For what it's worth, the $2500 toilet sports dual programmable heated seat and bidet capabilities. I don't have the luxury of spending any more than 30-seconds in a bathroom. Not near enough time to warrant a luxury toilet. Anyway, I pick three options (because you know the one you pick is neverherehere available in store) and send hubs off with instructions to pick up a toilet AND find out about installation because, you know, neither of us has installed a toilet before. Ever.He returns within the hour victorious! Or at least with a toilet. Interestingly, no installation plan from the hardware store. Instead, he says he and his dad will install it themselves. 🙄Ohhhh-kaaaay. To provide a little background, hubs has broken several things in previous houses in the name of fixing them. Things have to get worse before they get better, right? With that plan in mind, FIL arrives and the replacement begins. I live-tweeted it briefly over here.I am happy to report that I was indeed, incorrect. The removal, replacement and cleanup were all completed without incident within about an hour and fifteen minutes. They removed the offending toilet to the font yard, a la Christmas Vacation and the job was complete.Bonus was that our sanitation workers put it in their truck that next week during the normal trash collection. They may be some of my favorite people!Dear, you have it here in writing. I was wrong. You did a good job. 😁Be Great,M