On Saturday, our water main either broke or sprung a leak somewhere. John had turned on the sprinklers and came out front a few minutes later to find a big portion of our front lawn mounded up. When you stepped on it, it felt like a water bed, and we punctured the sides of it with shovels and water came gushing out.
Not. Good.
We immediately called the City to have them come turn off our water so that our water bill hopefully won't be astronomically high this month. So now we have to figure out a way to dig down five or six feet (yeah, 'cause that's an easy thing to do in our yard full of boulders), find out if we have a leak or a break, and repair it. Yay. I just love owning a home when things like this happen...we haven't been able to stay at our house the past couple of nights since we have no water, so we've been staying with family. It's kind of like being on vacation, only with the awful dread of having to fix a major problem always in the back of your mind.
In other, happier news, our fence is getting closer and closer to being finished. My dad and brother Jason came over basically all day Saturday and got about half of the fence posts in. It's fun to envision what our backyard will look like with the fence up and trees and shrubs planted. I can't wait.
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This happened to us last summer. Not fun at all. Some neighbors helped my husband repair it during a horrible rain storm and they didn't get to bed until 2am. He was head-deep in mud. Then I had to do all the negotiating with the city to refund us for our water usage, etc. What a nightmare! Good luck. :)
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