Ohmystinkinheck

The seamless gut has arrived.

Oh wait, that’s a different post…I meant SEAMLESS GUTTERS!

The day has finally come and in celebration, let’s all join hands, gather round the house, and sing,

I’d like to buy the world a home and furnish it with love,
Grow apple trees and honey bees, and snow white turtle doves.
I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,
I’d like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.

I’m not sure why I felt the need to sing that song necessarily, but it fits…kind of…well, we can always pretend, can’t we?

I never thought I’d be happier to see two 20-something year old boys climbing ladders and making loud noises around the outskirts of my home.

GUTTERS are GREAT!
GUTTERS are NEAT!
GUTTERS will keep me dry and SWEET!

We’ve been planning to get these for 2 1/2 years. Yep, THAT long. We talk about it earnestly following every downpour - especially those downpours that find us OUT of the house. It’s when we have to make the mad dash from our cars, and through the waterfall run-off over the front porch, that we silently curse ourselves for failing to get gutters.

We needed to start saving our nickels, dimes, and yes, even those pennies.

So, we FINALLY buckled down and we FINALLY got the quote and we FINALLY realized they didn’t cost as much as we thought.

And so, I FINALLY made the appointment and they FINALLY came out and began installing them.

Today.
FINALLY.
And 30 minutes later it began raining.
HARD.

So, maybe tomorrow I’ll have gutters.
Geez louise.

14 Responses to “Downpour Diversions”

1. Mr. OMSH

   Can we still gather around the house and sing…????

2. Lisa

   I read this. And I thought about it. And I really didn’t know if we have gutters or not. So I checked. And we in fact do not. Of course it doesn’t rain here. So there’s that. But still.

3. Natalie

   Cheers for gutters!

4. Bonnie

   love love the pics of mr.& mrs. omsh in the conner

5. mary

   We need gutters, too. Poo.

6. Jan

   For your next home-improvement project (and who can fail to notice that you are getting A LOT done!), you might consider a rain barrel. We have two. It’s amazing and fun to see how much water we collect. http://20minutegarden.com/2008/05/22/rain-barrels-and-water/

7. Shannon

   You get to sing the Coke song? But I am forever banned from Aquarius? No Fair! Could you have gotten a better shot of the eye candy? Running through the house waterfall is fun! LOL! The day you get gutters it rains and they can’t finish the work. pppphhhhhffffttttt!

8. MidlifeSlices™

   Haha…I’m bet those seamless guts wondered what that lady in the house was doing taking pictures of their legs. That made me LOL!

9. OMSH

   Jan -Oh Jan, this is soooooooooooooo part of the plan. My aunt has three barrels that overflow into the other behind her shop and she can literally water her entire garden with those barrels!

10. OMSH

    MidlifeSlices - Teehee…caught that did ya?

11. Elizabeth

    Yay. My bro-in-law does gutters. Handy things, they are!

12. JackieW.

    Need to have these added to our house.

13. d-ann

    Soon, next time it rains you will be able to enjoy them :)

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