Friday, January 16

Wisdom gained the HARD way

We had a COLD night last night. Tried to take all the precautions with the single digit temperatures.
Found myself worrying about the animals all night.
Savannah would have had our house garage looking like Noah's Ark, if we had let her.
We brought the dogs and cats in, but I kept reassuring her that the barn animals would be just fine, she didn't quite believe me, not sure I was able to fully convince myself either.
GoodNews, the animals were just fine, and now I am more optimistic tonight with another cold one upon us.
BUT....
After checking livestock and sighing with relief... we noticed REAL quick we had no water.
We had taken all the usual precautions but we have a awful connection at the main road. It has busted quite a few times just in the year we have been moved in.
Shawn just knew that was where the problem was, he was right.
The pipes were still exposed and had frozed solid. He worked throughout today to slowly raise the pipes temperature, finally putting a little heater close by.
I cautiously celebrate the return of water to the house... now we hold our breathes throughout tonight and for the next few days to see if there is any broken pipes, grrrrr.
Feel free to mention us in your family prayers... we are praying real hard that this is a lesson learned, and no need for further trial, pray, pray, pray!

8 comments:

Beth said...

Oh gosh, that is the pitts! We'll keep you in our prayers. Would it help to keep them dripping?

Sandy said...

Our water froze up as well. But we have well water. We had to stick a heater in the pump house to thaw out. Tonight there is a light out there and letting the faucets drip. Hopefully yours and ours will be ok by tomorrow. When we had our livestock, we would have to make sure they got fresh water throughout the day as it would freeze when cold like this.

danakat said...

I can't even imagine.
I was so relieved we only had Sasha to worry about keeping inside. And B would have totally wanted all the animals inside too. :)

Good thoughts and wishes to you.

Anonymous said...

We put our cats in the garage too. Especially because one of them has a thinner coat.

Glad all the animals were good, sorry bout the water. We had problems with that in our last house. We will keep y'all in our prayers too!

Quincy Sorensen said...

I'm sorry about the water but glad all was well with the animals. You always post such interesting tidbits!

Karen said...

I hope you are alright today. That sounds like a lot of worry. Take care.

The Happy Haynie Family said...

My parents lived up in Spanish Fork, Utah canyon and have stories that rival yours. I remember they never took running water too much for granted!

Debbie said...

so, how did it turn out? any busted pipes?