WIKT #2,476

Wish I'd Known That #2,476: Home Depot sells toilet augers for less than $20.

Yesterday I called my Aunt Patti, who was with my Grandma at the hospital waiting to talk to my Grandpa's doctor. I figured they would need a laugh - so I told them the story I am about to tell you. But first let me back up in time...

On August 18th, 2007 Eric and I paid $190 for a pair of underwear. I know, you are all thinking we were trying something new in our 'Special Mommy & Daddy time'. Nope. The underwear looked like this:



Yep. Potty pants. My friend and former co-worker Kim had given us some wonderful cotton potty training pants. And they've been great. So on August 18th we were right in the midst of potty training - you might remember this entry. Well on that fateful day we ended up having to call the plumber at Rescue Rooter to fish those unders out after Will had flushed them down.



Lesson learned right?

Nope. Not quite.

Now let's move back in time again...

Yesterday was one of those days as a parent that makes me start searching both Craigslist for anyone interested in buying two kids and Monster for a new job.

The climax of the events was running, in what felt like slow motion, down the hall as I heard the start of the toilet flushing. Walker had an accident so I was hurrying to clean up his room (it was nap time) of the mess - having put him in the bath to rinse off some of the mess (see you are getting the scope of what my day was like aren't you!!). Well I made the mistake of thinking that with Walker in the tub and Will by my side that the unders would be safe in the toilet until I could rinse them.

Boy was I wrong.

So last night, at 10pm, the friendly plumber arrived again and we purchased our second pair of $190 underwear. By this time I've just decided on community college for the kids since I'm slowly emptying their college savings to pay the plumber.

What I wish I would have known was provided by my Grandma, who sweetly mentioned via email that she loved my story, it made her laugh, and (in her words):

I think you should invest in a $14.95 snake at Home Depot to fish those pants out of the toilet. I had one that used to work in most cases. Only a few required major help.

Wish I'd Known That

Pssst - No one dare mention that throwing the underwear out would have been a cheaper option too. I, unfortunately, became aware of that as I was typing this post. I am now going to go drown my sorrow in a bowl of sugar free, Weight Watcher approved, ice cream.