Unclogging the Shower Head

Last night when I went to turn on the shower, the water pressure dribbled. I had been having trouble with it for the last few days. I sighed, and called a plumber. After making an appointment for this morning, (to avoid paying overtime for a late call yesterday,) I googled the problem. Thank God for Google! From what I read, it sounded like it could  be an easy fix. We live in an area with very hard water. The mineral deposits can cause problems with the plumbing, and also clog your shower head. It sounded like I could just clean it or replace it, and screw it back on to the pipe.

I removed it, filled a bowl with white vinegar, and let it sit there overnight. I had just come in from playing frisbee with the dogs in the backyard.  I was hot, tired, and sweaty,  and  had been looking forward to cleaning myself up and soaking in the tub. I decided to try just using the bare pipe like a tap; it worked. I was thrilled. It felt so good to take a relaxing bath,  especially after thinking that I wasn't going to have any water. It really made me appreciate it. I took a sewing needle and poked it into all of the holes in the shower head. Some of them were blocked with a white substance that looked like salt.

 
This morning was the moment of truth. I screwed the shower head back into place, turned on the water, and voila! It worked perfectly. I was thrilled. What a relief. A house call from the plumber is very expensive. I had asked the woman last night if I could call her back and cancel if cleaning the head worked. She was very understanding, and added that they could come by and tell me if I needed a new shower head in the morning, free of charge. I thought that was very nice. It turns out that I don't! I called her this morning and canceled the appointment. I was elated. What a great feeling. That money can stay in the emergency fund.

Later this morning I worked on my knitted knocker for the breast cancer charity. I had a terrible time with it, and got very frustrated, but I persevered. I was dropping stitches off of the double pointed needles. Because the last two were knit two togethers, it was throwing off my stitch count. I backtracked and fixed my mistakes. Bunching up the stitches in the center of the needles did the trick. After a couple of exasperating hours, I finally finished the first knocker. Now I'm ready to knit the second one, and donate them. Phew! I guess today's theme  was  perseverance. It's time to enjoy some beef stew and relax. I love having meals all prepared in advance. All I have to do is heat it up on the stove.  Later on I'm going to bake a Hungarian plum cake.  I'm so happy that the weather is changing and that I can cook and bake again. How is your day going?