Sludge and Vinegar

One of the things on my to-do list has been to go to the hardware store and buy some pipe cleaners. The bathroom faucet and sink are constantly in a state of nastiness, no matter how much I scrub or how much Liquid Plumber I pour down there. I figured we could get the pipe cleaners and clear some of that shit out, hopefully prevent yet another incidence of black sludge. Well. Palmer figured out how to get the little drain stopper thing out, and oh my god, what a horror. Apparently no one has bothered to clean out the pipes in YEARS, they were so clogged. We scrubbed the hell out of everything, and let the drain stopper and part of the pipe soak in hot water and vinegar to get the last of the black sludge out of there. Palmer then reassembled the pipes, and voila! Water that flows easily AND drains easily! No clogs! Brilliant!

Also cleaned the kitchen a bit, though the rest will have to wait for tomorrow- our recycling room is full, so we have to wait until its emptied to take out our own recycling. And I don't feel like shifting around a box of glass and a bag of cardboard just to sweep, you get me?

The bike is back! Apparently the cartridge in the bottom bracket had broken, which is what was making that clunking noise when I pedaled. But now I have a new one! Unfortunately, the stem-mounted cell phone holder is not the right type for my bike. And we can't find the packing slip, so I can't send it back. Awesome.

Tomorrow is grocery shopping and a hardware store run, because I still need some other stuff. And that's about it!