We have had a busy week. Last Wednesday I noticed that our gas was not working. (no hot water, no stove, and no furnace). I called the gas company and they came out right away. He told us that we had a leak in our house line and we need to get it fixed. Ach! Michael came home and called the Scout master to tell him that he wasn't going to make it to Young Men's and the Scout Master said he has put in new gas lines before and suggested everyone come over and help. The YM came and helped dig a 70 ft trench. It was amazing. Michael a few leaders worked until 3AM. I was so touched by their hard work and generosity. On Thursday we found out we had the wrong pipe in and had to switch it out. Friday we failed our first inspection. By the way inspections are not fun, the man was not too friendly. We failed a second time on Monday because of things that he neglected to tell us the first time and finally passed the third time on Monday night. The gas people took a good 24 hours to turn the gas back on but they did and it is awesome to take hot showers and cook food on the stove again! I have never shoveled so much in my life. The boys were loving it. They had their hard hats on and were "helping us dig". We are so grateful for our many friends who helped with dinner and shoveling or who simply listened to us complain. We were given different information by every person we talked to from the gas man, to the inspector, to the people in the plumbing store. It was ever so confusing, but worth it. We saved a few thousand dollars by doing it ourselves.
On a happier note Michael's sister had her baby! We are so proud of her and her husband. They will be great parents!
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