A Little Bit of Holly Here and There

imashelleyhill
Dec 6, 2021
2 min read

I know I know....I was supposed to share these weeks ago.

The fact of the matter is that I've mostly just been a big ol' ball of anxiety lately, rendering me practically useless.

A few weeks ago, I threw a load of laundry in the washer, and went grocery shopping. As I passed by out detached garage, I heard an alarming sound of water GUSHING like a waterfall.

Our detached garage is amazing, because the main level is a garage with bifolding doors (think 'carriage house'), with a studio apartment (including full bathroom with tub/shower) above it, and a BASEMENT that houses the house's boiler room and a huge tank of oil for the radiators.

So when I heard GUSHING water coming from the basement, anxiety and stress kicked in full time.

I instantly called mom and she came over with Kevin to take a look....and noticed the water was coming out and leaking just above the boiler room's ELECTRICAL PANEL.

And so began my apparently never-ending journey trying to get a leaky pipe fixed.

There is water in the crawl space beneath the house's addition in the back - the office and laundry room area. The rest of the home is dry, thank goodness.

We think the main water line from the house is leaking, and overflowing through the channel beneath the driveway to the boiler room.

We got a plumber who has been the city plumber for years, and has actually worked on this house in the past and knows it. Less stress!!

He was supposed to come last Tuesday, but never showed up. After a few days of calling him, He told us his son was sick.

He rescheduled for TODAY. I'm a big ol ball of anxiety again because it's 11a and still no plumber.

To be honest, I'm a BIT annoyed because I'm missing a parent meeting for CC's homeschool class for this.

As it is, we cannot do laundry of shower in the house right now, as that causes huge gushing into the boiler room. We use as little water as we possibly can, but with a potty training toddler, it can be difficult because she ALWAYS wants to flush toilets.

We might be moving into moms house temporarily again soon, so the crawl space can dry out.

.........if the plumber doesn't show up and fix it, at least.

So now that I've told you about my biggest stress ball, here are some of the details of my newest sewing pattern, Holly from Sunflower Seams.

As you can see with this version, Holly has a sweet tunic length skirt, perfect for pairing with leggings or pants! This outfit pairs Holly with Poppy from Sunflower Seams.