Monday, October 29, 2007

Landscaping

No new pictures to show right now.  Pipes.  Do NOT speak to me of pipes!  OK, so we knew we needed to replace the water main, and we planned to replace it Thursday night.  The landscape guys, however, BROKE the pipe during the day as they were digging the trench b/c it was so close to the surface.  Gaaah!  SO, we were w/o water for about 12 hours on Thursday from when they broke the pipe till Patrick & Hubby finished installing the new pipe around 11:45.  We “borrowed” water from the next-door neighbor so we could brush teeth, but the Things didn’t get showers on Thursday night (not that they minded).

Friday afternoon, I noticed we had no water.  As the Things & I were leaving for a Halloween party, one of the guys told me they’d turned off the water b/c the pipe was leaking.  Well, YES, there was a small leak, but SOMEHOW, SOMEONE broke the coupling where the pipe connects to the water meter.  Once again, we were w/o water from the afternoon till about 9:00 at night.  As soon as Patrick got off work, he came right over to work on it.  He fixed the leak, but they ended up having to get the water company out to fix the coupling b/c it’s a special part made just for them. 

SO, for the last couple of days, we’ve had water, and things have been fine.  HOWEVER, Jenna figured out how to get out of the back yard where they haven’t finished the French drain.  She also collapsed part of the side wall of the trench b/c she was looking for gophers (she’s convinced the trench is one HUGE gopher tunnel).

Yesterday, Hubby and a kid from church, dug out one of the dirt sections of the driveway, flattened it, and put down a weed barrier.  Now, we need to get gravel & put it down.

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