Ho, Ho, Ho

Do you ever feel sometimes like your life is a episode from I Love Lucy? Do you remember yesterday when I told about my bedroom smelling like I washed a sheep? I finally checked the rug I steamed and it was so dry but I could still smell wet wool. Last night, I was going to take my shoes off and put on my house shoes, I never do that normally. I wear my shoes until I get into bed at night. It was raining and the wind was blowing and it just sounded cozy. No one was coming over last night so I though I was safe. I took my shoes off in my closet and my feet got wet. Ron was taking off his boots and I looked at him and I said, " The carpet is soaking wet!!!" We both dropped to our knees and sure enough the carpet in the closet is wet almost to the door way. We looked at each other and both said, " The hot water heater is leaking. We went to the door of the office and sure enough water was pouring out the door onto the porch.

This is the place outside on the porch where the hot water heater is and the unit for the forced air. The water has been running down that wall into my closet which is on the other side. My husband grabbed a hose and hooked it up to drain the hot-water heater so it drained all night. The hard thing is getting that heavy thing off that bench thing it sits on.

Last year it was December  23rd when the other hot water heater broke. This water heater is for our room and the guest room. So it doesn't get used as much as the other one. When we built this house we thought it was over kill to have so many air conditioners and hot water heaters but I am glad now. I can still do my laundry today and the kids still have hot water to take showers with upstairs and I have hot water in my kitchen. 
I am thankful I have boys to help their Dad today and we don't have to wait for a plumber. Or pay one. I am thankful that it was just a year ago so we still remember what you have to do to change one out.  I am thankful it is the 13th and not December 23rd and I am thankful that most of the water went outside. I was wanting to clean and reorganize my closet anyway so I will get that done. It is just sooner that I was planning. I am also thankful it happened this week and not last week when I was on jury duty. Not to mention I am so thankful my husband is so handy. Thankfully, he was able to take today off. It is only 42 degrees and it has stopped raining.
Next December, we should be good on water heaters.

Well, I need to get off because I can hear my husband trying to move that heavy thing by himself. It is early and he always wants to let the boys sleep.

So while I feel like my life sometimes is a bad episode of a sitcom. It does always work out in the end.

Have a great day,
~Kim~