Cripes, I need a cigarette now

No, not because of the neighbours. LOL.

Because I had a leak under the kitchen sink this morning--whereupon my heart sank. However, it turned out to be an easy fix, even for me. Though it did take two trips up to Rona, because the first length of hose I got was a bit too long. And no, I hadn't thought to measure, even though I did think to snap pics with the Elph to show to the guy in the plumbing section.

The old and very short bit of hose, below. I had snapped this before heading up the second time. The guy who helped me in both instances said that the pin hole leak (which he'd never seen happen before) might have been caused by stress on the hose/pipe, from being too short. That those hoses are supposed to be longer to loop, to alleviate said stress.

The only "hard" part of replacing the hose was loosening the top nut thingie--and figuring out which way to turn them both to remove them. LOL.

The old hose is gone.

And the new is on, below, and pretty tight. I left a towel on the bottom of the cupboard, though, in case I didn't tighten the nuts enough. But all is well, at least for the moment, knock on wood.

Honestly, I was working myself up into a panic (hence the need for a cigarette, even though I've never smoked), imagining having to call a plumber for something simple. I'm glad I didn't have to, and hope that remains the case, no further problems.

No alcohol in the house, for stress-relief, but I do have chocolate now.  :-)

Have a leak-free Sunday, folks.

Another desktop wallpaper image, from Googling.