Doing All Things

I wonder which will run out first? My Culinary Creations for my recuperating Mom's breakfast/lunches, or my need to stay in this frozen icecube of NY to help out? She is almost independent now, and stitches come out Wednesday. I am guessing I can head home Thursday of next week, but each day we play it by ear. Yesterday's breakfast was just a fun face. I like the teeth cut into the pear slice personally.

Given that angels have clearly been watching over us here, I felt it was time to honor them with an egg salad angel for lunch. That was fun, but now the serious work of the day was ready to begin. My next duty was to install a hand held shower so Mom could safely sit while showering. As you know if you are a regular reader of my blog, I am not a very good cook. For two weeks, I have been stretching my culinary skills to the utmost while helping Mom recover. News flash: I am a worse plumber than a cook. However, I was the only one around, so I put on my plumber hat.

Step one was to lay out the tools. We needed an extra long hose to accommodate our needs for Mom. The hose included with the shower head looked different at the attachment ends from the extra long hose replacement, but like any good plumber, I hoped that was just an optical illusion.

Step two was to open the packages and lay all the parts on the floor. One small moment of panic: instructions in Japanese. No problem! I flipped it over to find English! Next moment of panic: a washer fell out of something...who knows from what? We will cross that bridge when we come to it.

Step three: Remove old shower head. Small problem - wrench couldn't budge that sucker. Next problem: is it clockwise to tighten or loosen? I can never remember. Eventually, I figured it out and with all my might, wrenched the stuck nut loose. Still don't know if clockwise tightens or not, but trial and error works every time.

Step four: Attach plumber tape so it doesn't leak, and hand tighten one end with holder to wall, other end to hand held shower head. Easy Peasy! Done in no time, with only one soaking wet shirt from sweat and accidental showers. Hmmmmmm. Holder doesn't hold shower head. Stupid manufacturer. It couldn't possibly be something I did wrong.

Step five: Hmmmm. This piece looks suspiciously like the end that should be attached to the shower head and would fit nicely in the holder. Executive decision: reattach each end of tube in opposite direction to what I did originally, with holder shaped end on the holder side of the tube. You would think the instructions would've mentioned this.

Step Six: Do a happy dance as I turn on shower: no leaks, fits in holder with extra long hose, and sends out pleasingly perfect stream of water. I now can add plumbing to my list of accomplishments during my sojourn here. I suspect an egg salad angel was watching over me.

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Philippians 4:12- 13
I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.