My mother and I disagree about moss. I love it. I think it is beautiful and there are so many varieties and it is pretty much free. I have used it to fill cracks in my walkways and grown it in pots and on pots and on stone walls. Mom hates moss. She can't stand it in the lawn, in the driveway in the walkway and not at all In her garden. So sadly, today I had to go out and pour baking soda on the garden to get rid of the moss. Baking soda is suppose to change the PH of the soil so that moss will no longer grow. As much as it would make Mom happy to see it go, I am secretly rooting for the moss. I think I may have to grow a garden where moss is welcome so she can see how beautiful and useful it can be.
I suppose it could be worse, we could disagree about more important things. We do have a different priorities some days, and I think she obsesses about some things that really aren't that important, like weeds in the driveway and the fact that the grass circle in the driveway is not really a circle anymore....... but, all in all we agree more often than not. We have been able to communicate much better about life in general and we can talk about deeper and more intimate things than ever before. We talk about things that we never knew about each other and things we have been through that we never told each other and things we fear for the future. We laugh about most of it after we complain.
Aside from moss, the topic of conversation today was the leaky shower which has been leaking off and on for a year. The drain has replaced twice now and it still leaks. We have determined that it is the hot wate , but we can't find the exact location of the leak. The shower has been dismantled for almost two weeks with no end in sight. Dads new idea is take the valve for the cold water apart and put it on the hot side to see its the fitting or the washers or somewhere else. He is actually contemplating taking apart the other shower to try those parts too. I suggested getting a new part from the hardware store rather than taking apart two showers and making extra work. The answer was " how do I know what part I need if I don't test the parts I have " ? Do all plumbers work like that ?!
I am thankful that Dad Is feeling well enough to tackle a small project. However, This could be a long week, my sister is coming in two days to stay for a week, 3 girls and one shower is
not good a good thing. Dad will be out numbered, he better figure it out fast or call for some help.
