This had nothing to do with WLS, but instead, just a little tooting of my own horn.

I was doing the dinner dishes tonight when I noticed that the sink was backed up. So, I flipped the switch to the garbage disposal and it made the right sound, but the water wasn't going anywhere. Bubbles...hmm. I stuck my hand down into the sink hole and felt around...all clear. More "hmm" sounds from me. I think that I may have even scratched my head with a perplexed look...I've always wanted to have cause to do that. I pulled all of the stuff out from under the sink...note to self: no need to buy window cleaner for five years. I put the little wrench thingy in the disposal and twisted. It moved freely which was a good thing. I'll never forget the time that I poured aquarium gravel down the sink. Man, that was stupid. Now I go and grab my trusty plunger (we are great friends) and I plunge the sink hole. Whoa! I was NOT expecting water to come flying out of the little pipe that sticks out of the top of the sink! I was soaked...and what's this? Tea leaves? Oh for heavens sake...I had emptied a teapot full of Jasmine tea down the sink. That is what was clogging my pipes. So I got under the sink again and proceeded to unscrewed the pipes (are you impressed? I was.) and was even smart enough to put a rectangle Tupperware under said pipe. Water drained slowly, but the piece that I removed was clear of debris. The blockage must be further up the pipe. So I grabbed my trusty chopsticks! Ah, a Korean at her best...and I jammed those suckers up into that pipe until I could feel them breaking thru. Not 100% clear, but loose (my insides felt like that tonight...but I digress...), so I took the plunger and gave it one firm push from the top and out came a HUGE wad of tea! TA-DA!!!

I put 'er all back together again and tested things out. All is well and my pipes are clean!!! Funny, as I've always used green tea to unclog my own "pipes"...seems to not work the same on general kitchen plumbing!

Whoo Hooo! Way to go, Kim. Don't you have such a wonderful feeling of accomplishment after completing something like that?

YOU GO GIRL!

You NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME!!

Julie

You did a great job~!!! Way to go!

you rock, wonder woman ;)

good job!

YOU ROCK!

Wonder Woman strikes again!

had to LOL at this!!!! Jim and I had, shall we say, *issues* when it came to replacing the old washer and dryer this past weekend. Let's just say a girl and her plunger are life-long friends and glad you could celebrate your relationship, perhaps even renew your vowes! A girl and her sink that lives together stays together!!!

Carrry on little Korean Friend!


xoxox

KitchenKaye

Men of the world need to just look out! We can do anything we set our mind to and then some! Great job of thinking of the solution instead of the problem Kim!

WOW. All I can is wow. But, I am not surprised.

What a guy! You go, girl!!!!

Does this mean you are now the neighborhood handy-woman? cause I have some stuff around here that needs attention....and ooooo

and your new business can be called Chopstick girl!


=)


good job!

I'm laughing...yep, anything can be fixed with a chopstick!

You go girl. It really doesn't surprise me out of you...you set your mind to something and you're going to finish it. Congrats!!!

hee hee who needs a man around!! We can do it!!! Girl power

My ears were burning..... tools were being used....by a woooommmaaannnn........

That's an ugly mental picture. Just kidding...good for you Kimmy...for sharing your sewage adventures with us....borderline TMI, but what the hay!!! :)

stu

Way to go Kim!! In this economy it's good to have a second career. I wonder if plumber's digest knows about this?.... hmmmmm

Kim, you say you're a freakin' stud-ette like that's some kind of news around here. What we all want to KNOW is, what outfit are you supposed to wear to unstop your sink???? Did you dash down to Nordy's for a "sink unstopping ensemble?"

Think what you might do w/ a chopstick & a roll of duct/duck tape!!!

Good call Sandi.

What did you do with your hair? Heels or flats? Of course you were wearing lipstick (a jewish mother and a korean mom are similar)!

I cant even get eating food right with chopsticks and you my friend, you unclog sinks with them you are amazing.....I cant stop smiling picture when your sink is not working all a girl needs is a chopstick, plunger and of-course a little imagination....you go girl

I thought that I'd share this from my friend. I had emailed her my little story and this was her response:


To which I replied:
Here is what a Stud would do...

Drive to Home Depot to find the special do-hickey-tool to remove said blockage. He'd wander around for two hours...maybe three...and come home with two gallons of paint, a new spade, some cool leather work gloves and some Round Up. No do-hickey-tool, as he would have got distracted by the bright lights and the shiny signs. He'd then have to drive back to Home Depot and after chatting with the guy in plumbing for an hour (about God knows what) he'd make it home with the tool and a bag of peanuts that he found at the check out counter. The nuts would make him thirsty, so he'd go to the fridge for a beer...then another. Now he's bloated and tired. A nap would follow shortly and come the end of the day, the clog would still be there!

This is why I'm still single!!!!

Stu is sure to be nodding his head...as well as all the married women here!

As for what I was wearing for such an event...designer fashion by Ro To Router (said with a French accent).

You ROCK Kim!!! Good for you! I would have been lost!!!

This made me laugh! And your 2nd "story" about how a man would handle it? Priceless!!!! I love the way your mind works!

Kim, you rock!!

In this house, everyone knows that something got stuck in the sink if one of my crochet needles is in the kitchen or bathrooms!!! If my bh isn't home...someone has to do it!