My toilet lid finally broke today, and it took me the entire afternoon fixing it.  The thing has been wobblying for a while, and I knew it was the hinge that was giving out, not a loose screw or anything.  Otherwise, that would have been an easy fix.

Replacing toilet lids isn't a difficult task or anything, but I kept fumbling my way throughout the process.  For starters, I thought my toilet was regular sized, so I bought a regular sized lid.  However, it turns out that it's actually elongated, so I had to drive back to the store.  Halfway driving back, I realized I left my recipt at home, so I had to drive home again, get the receipt, and drive back to the store again for the right size.

Not that it might be of use to anyone else, but when it comes to toilet lids, please don't buy Bemis (that the previous owner had installed).   Although it is only my personal and limited experience here, but Bemis lids require a ratchet wrench and the right sized hex nut to do the job correctly.  Because I don't have such a wrench, unscrewing it with a crescent wrench was such a pain in the butt.  And that's assuming the hinge is durable enough in the first place.  Instead, I replaced it with a Kohler, which only requires a philips screwdriver at most, and I didn't even use that for the install!

(edit: Just realized that the Kohler lid squeaks a lot!  I hope I can get used to this, or somehow this goes away.  Kohler is what's recommended online too.)

Shifting gears, earlier this morning, I also received a much more helpful email about my 990-T situation, which is unfortunately still unresolved.  I already learned earlier that having an MLP in my Roth is going to incur penalties, so I got rid of the position.  Unforunately, I didn't know exactly what and how much, but now I know.  The new email reveals that I owe the IRS almost $17k in Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI).  Ok, wow, that's such a big "good" problem.  My investments did well at least, to have incurred such a bill in the first place, but that is seriously going to drain out my emergency fund money.  So yeah, I will need to get this paid in the near future.  Talk about an expensive lesson, no more MLPs for me!