Kaitlyn's fried apples

Lately, Kaitlyn has been asking me if she can play with the pans in the house. At one point, she was having a snack of apple slices when she asked me for a pan. She wanted to "make dinner" with her apples. I let her have a frying pan just to see what she would do. She proceeded to arrange the apple slices in the center of the frying pan. Seeing her do that gave me an idea.

I got out some butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, and we put it in the pan with the apples. I then put it on the stove and we cooked them up. Kaitlyn thought it was neat watching the butter melt and the apples brown. 4-yr old science lesson learned.

The cooked apples tasted alot like apple pie filling. Yum.

The 700$ clog

Our main line got clogged. I won't bore you with the details, but it was really bad. And really stinky. And really gross. It seeped into the hall way and into a bedroom, and into the hall closet. And the plumber worked on it from 9:30 in the morning until 3:30 in the afternoon. Beyond the plumber, we also had to pull up the carpet and throw away the pad underneath it, and then rent a blower to dry out the stinky rug. That'll take a while. For it to dry I mean.

Now we have to decide whether we have to replace the carpet or just clean it really well. I guess it will depend on if we can get the smell out. If we can't then we're going to replace it. That will make it much more than $700. Anyway, here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.