Just add water, eventually

Our plumber, DeWitt, is a great guy, but he certainly lives in his own time zone.

The bathroom faucets and shower controls went in last week. Then nothing for a few days. Now the kitchen faucets and garbage disposal.

The main line still isn't hooked up, and I'm still waiting for DeWitt's office to fax over his estimate on the "deduct meter," which will count our garden and pool water so the city doesn't charge us sewerage fees on it.

The next delay I can't blame on him: We're still trying to unscrew enough of the deck boards at the outdoor shower so DeWitt's guy can get under there and plumb it.

I've been through several screwdriver bits (finally broke down and bought a drill), and got zero traction from a tapping bit. Those deck screws are just too darned stubborn.