Why Women Nag

Before you think I have some major revelation

into

nagging,

I am just telling you one incident.

I have had lots,

but this one could have had some scary consequences.

My MIL has been wanting new carpet for her bathroom.

She has been "wanting" it for awhile.

Hers was "powdery."

Eww.

Having lived in a house where the carpet was burned

in the living room

from where the previous owner

had started his Harley,

(another story, another time )

I wasn't totally sympathetic

to

"powdery."

Plus, it's a tiny little bathroom

and

I could not imagine what they would charge to

come out here in the sticks

to do a tiny, little,

powdery

bathroom.

So,

JWS and I tried to talk her into tile.

We lay tile,

we have all the tools,

and

furthermore....

"Powdery"

can be easily cleaned off of tiles.

You would have thought that we suggested

making the floor

a

bed of nails

or

hot coals

or

broken glass.

So,

she

"nagged."

There is no other way to describe it.

I have done it myself,

just not for

"powdery"

carpet.

Mine has been saved for the big ones...

The brakes on my car are spongy....

The toilet is not flushing right..

and

There is a terrible smell in the basement...

You  know,

the big ones.

So,

she finally called the carpet people

and

yesterday they came out and ripped up the carpet.

She was at dialysis.

The carpet guy came to the shop

fifteen minutes later.

The floor around the commode was bad

and he could not lay the carpet.

He left and

Jenn and I raced up to see the issue

and

WOW.

The commode was ready to drop through the floor!

Seriously,

there was a huge hole the whole way around the commode.

We shook it and it moved a good

4 - 5 inches.

She was one small little case of irregularity

away

from

total disaster!

So, while it is good that she nagged about the carpet...

did she not think

a

Rocking Toilet

was

worth

mentioning?

I got two special orders done last night.

Sure love getting things off the list.

Can't show them

until the people get them.

They are personalized.