Friday was a beautiful spring day here. The sun was shining and it actually warmed up into the 60s which was so nice for a change! My friend Megan and I had been planning on having a garage sale Saturday so she came over in the late afternoon to help set up for it. Russ was off work a little early and made it home in time to get the yard mowed which was much needed considering our front yard was beginning to look like a jungle. While Russ was mowing the lawn he notice an unusual puddle next to the side walk by our main waterline. When he saw the puddle he was pretty sure we had a leak but since the daylight was coming to an end he didn't want to do anything about right away.
That evening he called his parents and told them about the assumed leak. Don and Pam were going to meet Russ halfway to give him Raven (another long story, they have had her for the last week) on Saturday. Once Don heard we might have a leak they decided to just come all the way up to help figure things out. Friday night had pizza from Papa Murphy's (if you haven't had the Herb Chicken Mediterranean deLITE you must try it, it is so good!) After we ate pizza we tried out the new frozen yogurt place in town. It was really good!
Saturday we woke up bright and early to get the garage sale going. Don and Pam arrived around 10:30.
While the garage sale was happening the guys worked on trying to figure out if there was a leak. They went back and forth probably four times, is there a leak, is there not a leak. At first they thought it was just ground water (since it has rained so much) and our water bill actually went down last month. But then they would turn the water on but have no water running in the house and the meter would still spin. So they I mean Don kept digging.
And digging
(Thank you Don for your hard work!)
And Don found the leak. You can't really tell but there is a leak.
The leak wasn't horrible. Russ and Don tried to put a temporary patch on it but that didn't work. But since the leak was somewhat minor we were able to turn the water main on and off.
We filled up some pots and buckets. We were still able to flush the toilet.
Back to the garage sale...
Blake and Megan
We were so thankful the sun was shining!
Megan's mom, Teresa, even joined us for the garage sale. I would say it was a success! I went from having about 7-8 totes full of stuff to now only 2! I love the feeling of cleaning things out and getting rid of things and its even better when you make a little money off of things you don't need anymore! It was great to have Pam here to help with Blake. Thanks Pam!
Sunday we didn't do a whole lot. We tired to do some yard work but with no water that was harder then you would think. I did start working on this...
Before...
After...
Hopefully I can get it sanded and maybe stained by this summer. It would not only make it look better but then Blake could touch it and not get splinters. (This is all the further I got on Sunday)
Oh and this is how I found Blake after his afternoon nap on Sunday...
Even with the sleep sack on, he was so proud of himself!
Therefore we dropped his crib down. I now almost have to stand on my tiptoes to lay him down.
He is growing up too fast.
This post turned out longer then I thought (and its now almost 10:30 and I'm tired) so check back tomorrow to hear about Monday... just so you know we still don't have water and it's even worse now... we can't even turn it on till its fixed or there would probably be a geyser in our front yard...
