pink noses and plumbing
Well, school was cancelled today due to the foot (so far) of snow out there. Mike got up early this morning to shovel, but it didn’t make a dent in what was to come after. The shovel was left outside and only about half of it was sticking up out of the white stuff. The girls were giddy to get a chance to frolic out there, so I finally got them and myself all geared up. I attempted continue the driveway job, but I only got about a quarter of the way before my poor legs started burning from frostbite. My arms and hands are still shaking.
I didn’t want to attempt to take the camera outside since the snow is still falling, but here are the girls with their pink noses and cheeks.
This is a bit of an optical illusion, but see how the neighbor’s van parked in the street looks like it’s halfway buried by snow.
Annie had her holiday program at school on Tuesday night; only the kindergarten classes participated. We didn’t get there early enough and had to sit in the way back. These were the best pictures I could get. I did get a video of Annie’s speaking part. Her class was in charge of Kwanzaa, and her line was “We light our 6th candle for creativity. We will try to listen to our imagination and find ways to make things better.” Why do I know those lines so well, you ask? I’ve only been practicing them with Annie since before Thanksgiving. She did really well though. Mimi was supposed to have her program today at school, but they rescheduled it for Monday. Sadly, we’ll be out of town and unable to attend.
Since we’ll be having a couple of guests visiting us for Christmas time, we figured it was probably a good idea to repair the guest room bathtub which had completely lost it’s water pressure. Mike decided he wanted to attempt the project himself. Unfortunately, the hallway wall had to be cut out in order to get at the pipes and such. Surprisingly, Mike was able to fix the problem. We just need to put everything back together now.
Before the project began.
Right before Mike cut open the wall.
The old set up minus the faucet and tub handle.
The old valve/piping system.
After the project. Not quite all put back together.
New tub handle. Faucet needs a little more work before install.
New valve/pipe system. Notice the burn marks where Mike had to solder. We used an old Baker’s Square pie tin as a heat shield. I was sorry to see it get all cut up because we’ve had it since we first got married.
Once Mike gets home from work we’re heading out of town for South Dakota. Wish us luck!