Mother's Day

It's not even quite 8 am and I've already had a great Mother's Day.  Sara has been so sweet and telling me how much she loves me several times.  She made me a card a few days ago and had daddy hide it from me so she could save it for today.  Then she also made me a picture of a mommy butterfly this morning.  Pete worked from 8 or so last night until after 3, so he's sleeping in and the girls and I are having a nice, quiet morning.  Before Pete came to bed last night, he laid out my presents on the dining room table so I would see them when I got up today.

Here are the pictures of my great gifts and cards.

Waffle from my new waffle maker, scrambled eggs, and turkey bacon.  Nothing like breakfast for dinner :)

Plumbing Woes

So this isn't really a remodel yet. We discovered a leak in the concrete slab two days ago. We called the leak detector people to come pinpoint the leak. The plumber then came and proceeded to dig about 4 1/2 feet down and 3 feet square only to find that the leak is not where they other guy thought it was. Now he's on his way back over here to dig a second giant hole and possibly remove our sink and cabinet to find the leak. It's going to cost a minimum of $1,500 for all of this. The plumber also said to expect our water bill to be really high since we think we've had the leak at least 3 weeks before figuring out what the problem was. As the plumber was digging and working, a man from the gas company came and said our gas bill has quadrupled (from the water heater running continuously) in the last month so that's going to be another $200-300.

Hopefully the plumber is going to find the leak relatively easily today, I really don't want this to end up costing any more. It looks like it's going to be a week or more before I have a bathroom with a shower again. Good thing both sets of our parents live in town so we can either stay with them or shower there if we need to.




X marks the spot, or so we thought.

 Some of the dirt they pulled out of the hole