Month: March 2017

Unclogging Our Hearts

A clogged bathtub is the worst, especially for a family of six living in a one bathroom house. To make matters worse it happened in the evening hours. As usual, my Latina-ness kicked in, and I started trying some home remedies, that my mama so graciously modeled for me when I was a child. On side note, once my kitchen sink was clogged. After so many attempts to fix it, I got really frustrated, and I grabbed the leaf blower. Bare with me for a second. I thought I could force the gunk in the drain through with the power of the air. In a previous clogged situation, I had witnessed a plumber use a device to blow air though the drain to fix the clog. Needless to say, the water in the drain splashed all over me. Lesson learned! Back to my bathtub. This time around, I poured bleach down the drain. I poured boiling hot water down it. I poured laundry detergent down it. Okay, I got desperate. I even caved in, and …