Back Home!

We successfully moved back home last weekend, although I ended up with a slight fever Friday and Saturday. We even managed to host the International Dinner on Sunday! We were scrambling to find our glasses and plates during the last few minutes, and we even had some help from our friends. Just like the Beatles.

After the dinner was over, we put the dishes in the dishwasher for the first time, put some Cascade in it, and turned it on. An hour or so later, the cycle was finished and when we opened up the dishwasher, there was just a streak of detergent and a blast of heat, to accompany the dirty dishes. Strange. Our solution (after multiple bottles of wine)? TRY AGAIN! You can only guess the outcome.

I was pretty upset and Sandra realized that there was no water going to the dishwasher! Ahh, those idiot contractors didn't turn on the valve! Well, I remembered that the valve was in the basement, but it was in the ceiling. I opened up a hole, but to no avail. Upset, I went to sleep.

The next day (wine has left the system), I said, "all new plumbing must have exposed valves to each separate unit"...and in that moment I realized just how dumb I was. Underneath the sink! Of course, there was the valve. I turned it, counterclockwise, and "wooosh"...I heard the water start flowing. Sandra already thought I already checked there, which is why she allowed me to poke a hole in our basement ceiling. After that, the dishwasher worked great! So, a lesson to anyone who may have a new dishwasher installed in the future...MAKE SURE THE WATER IS ON! lol.

Yes, I blame the wine.

The two of us also couldn't find the "vent" button on the microwave. Again, I woke up the next day, read the manual, stared at the microwave buttons, and BEHOLD! There, all of a sudden, appeared the vent button. No excuse there, as both Sandra and I checked for that button before any alcohol consumption.

On Tuesday, Sandra turned on the oven and that resulted in smoke, a horrible smell and the smoke detector going off. WTF? Sandra was "freaking the hell out", and she opened the doors and windows. It turns out that there was some more of that blue protective plastic underneath the vent on the stove. SO, a lesson to anyone who may have a new range installed in the future...make sure to take off ALL of that blue plastic crap before igniting! lol.

Nothing wrong with the fridge or wine fridge yet. We're still finding a way to screw that up.

Okay, here's a picture of me, Sandra and Markus!

(Markus is making a funny face)