Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
movies, relationships

cruella

Remember guy #4 that I decided to not date anymore? Well, that line of thought didn’t pan out (it’s a woman’s prerogative, you know?). I went to his house two weeks ago to watch this movie. And, he was over last night for a chiminea fire. So, that’s four dates now, assuming you call hanging out a date.

Anyway, about the movie…it was pretty good. I was expecting it to be a kids movie, given the subject matter, but given its PG-13 rating, it wasn’t. So, I’m not sure who the intended audience is supposed to be. But, I will say this–it had a pretty cool soundtrack.

My rating: 3.5/5

household stuff

so much for that

I received and installed my dishwasher part yesterday, but it did not fix the problem. The dishwasher now fills with water, but the arms never activate to actually wash the dishes. So, either the water wasn’t a problem in the first place or I have two issues. This one sounds like a larger issue (potentially a motor), so I’m going to have to call in the experts.

When I shut off the water supply to the dishwasher, I noticed the shutoff valve was leaking. FFS. Judging from the appearance in the cabinet below it, this has been going on for a while. But the slow leak turned into a bigger one and I had to do something. I thought for sure the valve would need to be replaced but YouTube told me otherwise and I bough some of this magical stuff. Anway, I think it’s fixed now. I mean, it’s not leaking and water is still flowing. Does the shutoff valve still work? I have no idea and I’m not going to check it either.

My tub faucet was also leaking a bit so I replaced the cartridge in it a while ago. I’ve had to do this a few other times in the past and it was never a problem, but they changed the cartridge design and it was still leaking for a while after it was turned off (though it would stop eventually). I saw there were some other manufacturers making the same part (in the old style), so I bought one of those off Amazon. In the reviews, a number of people said the new OEM cartridge leaked but this one did not. I figured I was on a roll yesterday, so I installed the new cartridge. It worked the same as the one I took out, of course. Maybe even worse? I don’t know, but I saved the OEM cartridge and I may switch back to that. Sigh. I guess if it bothers me that much, I’ll have to call a plumber, but I’m not there yet.

household stuff

enough, already!

My dishwasher is not working now. It’s only two years old! It looks like it’s not filling with water. I researched the issue and the most likely cause is a broken water inlet valve, which is supposedly easy to replace so I ordered one. It set me back $66, but will be worth it if it fixes the problem because a service call is around $100. I felt it was worth the gamble. It’s supposed to be here tomorrow, so I think I’ll let the dishes pile up and see what happens.

gardening & landscaping

onion fail

I ordered onion plants from Burpee and for whatever reason, they shipped them a month late. I got them into the ground as soon as I could but that wasn’t good enough. They are currently ready to harvest and most of them are too small to be usable. I would have been better off buying onion sets locally. They usually don’t perform as well as the plants, but I bet with the extra time the results would have been better.

household stuff

oven blues

I went to Krisay’s this afternoon to order a new gas range. I had a particular model in mind and it, of course, is on backorder. They said it might be 6 weeks but they wouldn’t commit to anything. Ugh. At least it’s grilling season. I don’t use the oven a whole lot in the summer, but sometimes you have to bake something, you know?

Home Depot has it in stock and deliverable by mid-month. I’m not sure how they have it and Krisay’s can’t get it. I prefer to shop local, when possible, so I’m going to hold out, but if the end of summer rolls around and I still don’t have an oven, Home Depot will be getting my money.