You never know one minute...

[nikkiARNGwife]

what you'll be doing the next

DH is 2 hrs away hunting..last night I went into our small half bath and stepped in water...found out the valve that connects the toilet to the wall had a slow drip..so I packed it with towels and got up several times during the night to refill bowls that I had catching the water...this morning i called my dad to come look at it b/c he's usually able to fix things like that...he came (with my mom) and as soon as he touched it water started GUSHING out...like bucketfuls of water pouring into the hallway, all over the kitchen..everywhere...Daddy ran the 1/2 mile down to the main water line to shut it off and couldn't get it..meanwhile I get the water company on the phone and told him I had an EMERGENCY..thank the Good Lord he made it here in 5 minutes and got the water shut off for us..but my bathroom, small hallway, kitchen and part of my bedroom got flooded with about an inch of water...thankfully my mom and I managed to mop it up pretty quickly so I don't think there's any permament damage but oh my word!!! What a mess and thank goodess the water man got here as quickly as he did b/c if he hadn't my entire downstairs would have flooded. We have hardwood, so at least no soaking carpets.

Turns out the city (who cut down our trees near the road to pave the road and then DIDN'T pave the road) buried our water line when they grated off where the trees had been and the line my Daddy was trying to turn off wasn't even ours..it's connected to the Legion Hut that's about 4 miles away!!!

Sooo..needless to say...drama in my house this morning lol...DH is on his way home but by the time he gets here he'll be of no use b/c I've already got everything cleaned up lol.

Today I'm thankful for quick acting water men