Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Valuable Lessons Learned - Part 9

* Don’t use the shower to judge if the water in the house is still turned off unless everyone in the house knows the difference between on and off. After deciding we didn’t want to stay in a house without water, we had a rude awakening when we returned the next day from Darlene’s. The first hint that something was wrong was water on the kitchen counter. Then I noticed the sound of water running. Turns out the shower was on full power at 100 degrees for over 12 hours! Our 2nd floor was like an indoor sauna. Thank God for Darlene--she stayed with me and helped squeegee the walls and ceiling for 2 hours.
* Don’t try making homemade soup when you’re already stressed out. After spending the afternoon cleaning the water off the 2nd floor, I got to clean tomato soup off the kitchen walls when I put too much in the blender and couldn’t hold the top on. Next time I’ll buy pureed tomatoes in a can.

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