Don't Fall in the Hole!

The pipe has been fixed! We have water! We have a hole big enough to bury someone in our front yard! I have never been so happy to see caution tape in my life. The wonderful folks over at Kelleher came and fixed us up today. They had to make the hole bigger, and we'll probably have to call them back to replace the entire pipe later on, but we're set for now. The hole is still there and I've decided to look at it as a monument to our experiences in homeownership.

While I was lying in bed last night, I was thinking back to all of the "catastrophes" we've had in our house since we've moved in. By the grade of God, they started out very small, just to break us in. Allow me to recap.

1. First day: The pilot light on the water heater goes out. We have no clue what to do. We call my stepdad, the boiler specialist. He tells us to light the pilot light. It takes two more phone calls for us to realize that he means that we actually need to use fire to light it.

2. Light downstairs flicker every few minutes. We think it's a major electric issues. My father-in-law tells us we just need to replace the breaker. He was right.

3. A few months later, the upstairs toiet starts leaking. We wait many weeks before doing anything, and opt to just stop using that toilet. Eventually we get it fixed by Jack, a very flaky but very nice plumber.

4. Jack to the rescue again. After Chris Wolf goes under our house, we discover that we have a leak pouring out the equivalent to a bathtub full of water everyday. Jack patches it up, and pretties up our crawl space while he's at it.

5. Water heater cracks. Jack replaces it within days, and cleans up our water heater closet. We start to think he should be our maid, too.

6. Water spot appears on the ceiling in the back bedroom. We promptly call the roofer people. They fix it. So now we just need to coat the ceiling with Killz. Yeah, like that'll happen.

7. This week's saga of the busted pipe.

As you can see, God has been merciful, adding to our load just a tiny bit each time, instead of starting us off with a whammy. Hopefully this will be it for a while. And if not, I know we have awesome friends/family/Jacks to get us through.