August 21, 2009
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Bad Luck With Produce
Update: the plumbing is done. Click here for Hell’s Kitchen.
I had a bunch of meetings in Orange County this morning, and I was running late. I didn’t get out of the house until 10 AM, hoping against all odds I could drive 60 miles in 60 minutes (a ridiculous goal in Los Angeles on the best of days). Sure enough there was a major accident down by Disneyland. The highway was covered in peaches and grapes. A produce truck had crashed with a car. It was a nasty accident, and I was stuck in traffic for an extra hour.
After a long day of meetings I hoped to turn the day’s tide by heading to Aunty LuLu & Uncle Georgie’s house for spaghetti. They’ve been in Michigan since I left for Italy, and they just got home. I’ve been missing that Thursday spaghetti for 2 months now! Dar joined us for dessert, and I began the long drive home at 9:30 tonight. As I walked up the stairs in the hallway outside my condo, I realized that the carpet outside of my unit was squishing. Never a good sign! As I walked in the beautiful lobby of the Hotel Careyfornia and headed towards the kitchen, this is what I saw:
I’m not sure if you can see from the photos, but the hardwood floors were soaked. I don’t know if it came from an upstairs neighbor or what. It sucks! The water is filled with shredded lettuce and who knows what else. I’ve not had good luck with produce today. Needless to say, it’s now 2:30 AM and I’m waiting for a call back from a 24 hour plumber. This isn’t great timing, as I’m leaving Saturday for a week. When it rains it pours.
One bright note…Andy finally lost his toenail! And guess who visited him? LOL. I got this text from Lisa the other night:
Comments (19)
Bad day, I hope your plumber gets there so you can get on with your weekend! Sorry Caa-Wee! ;)
@Darchamp - Thanks cuz. Shouldn’t you be packing? xo
Oh no! That looks really badly! And your floors, i was just thinking about that. Hey you know what you could try and do, move in with the neighbours , i’ll supple the camera crew and hair stylists. I’ll name it ” Living with Carey! ” ( pun from Living with the kardashians. Oh god, I hate kim so much, her dress is literally being eaten by her arse )
the fairy gives a good toe nail clipper and a fresh pair of socks!
@Loltothepower - If you’re the producer of “Keeping up with Carey” I’m sure it will be a mega hit. What do you think of Kim’s new blonde hair?
water and hardwood floors don’t mix too well – hope you got it cleaned up quick! ahhh…the joys of home ownership! i’d just love to be a fly and andy’s wall – that had to be cute! peace, Al
@pukemeister - Ryan’s planning or replacing all of my floors later this year anyway, so, oh well!
@CareyGLY - lucky you!
Aww. Sorry you had a bad day Carey!
that’s some nasty looking water in that sink. That sucks!
A disastrous day indeed.. and such a waste of fruits and water.
One of those days huh. Well hope u have a better day
What phone ur using ? I like how the text look
What a pain in the ass. Good luck getting everything back to working order!
@Dezinerdreams - Thanks Vivek. Every day can’t be fabulous :)
@Roadlesstaken - I wish the sink DID suck!
@reckless_eagle - Thanks Victor. Have a good weekend.
@vsan79 - Thanks. I have an LG Voyager, and that’s one of the font options :)
@wherethefishlives - Thanks Sam!
oh, my I had a bad experience with produce but it was green grapes that were beautiful but sour.
I’m so confused about your sink because I know you dont cook. That sucks. What a horrible thing to happen in such a posh hotel :( I LOVED the suburban housewife video you had on FB, too good. And I also have to say that barefoot contessa is my favorite food network cook. We are so in sync, but not like the band I just spelled it that way for a joke. Miss you. We’d love to have you out for Sundance again.
I’d go berserko if I came home to find brown water had soaked the floors through. Good thing you’re leaving for a trip so your place can dry out. :)
Hopefully it was an upstairs neighbor and not you. I lost a toenail like that too. I stubbed it on the bed and broke it and the new one started growing in under it.
Hope the plumbing thing’s not too serious and have a good two weeks.
@Jillycarmel - I’ve had a lot of sour grapes this summer. I think it’s a conspiracy!
@cshetrone - LOL Christine! Sure enough, it was my neighbors putting a whole head of cabbage down the garbage disposal!!
@Olallie - I have a feeling my floors are going to be buckled when I come home. Time for a remodel!
@ikaika53562 - Turns out it was an upstairs neighbor. Thanks!
the lady at the sore gave me $3.12 back plus the same for last week. I told hubby that if he buys grapes he has permission from the store to taste one there! sour grapes are terrible-green ones anyway.