Friday, August 8, 2008

Nothing too exciting...

So, nothing too exciting has been happening around here. That's why there haven't been any posts for awhile. Well, I guess you can classify a new water heater as exciting. Sunday morning, while getting ready for church, I went to the laundry room to get Lindsay a shirt. I stepped in a puddle of water! I thought it was from the washer, and was really frustrated because we just got the washer and dryer in December. But, no, it was the water heater. That old thing (I have no idea how old it is- it was in this house when we bought it), had rusted through- Josh could poke his finger through the bottom and go all the way through. So, we turned off all the water to the house since we were going to my parents for a couple days. We didn't want to come home to a huge flood! So, Tuesday we went and bought a new water heater ($350 dollars later, good thing we have an emergency fund). Wednesday we had the water turned off all day because the new water heater wasn't hooked up all the way. It was really frustrating! Thankfully, Josh's dad came over and helped us get it installed. It is a lot more efficient. It has a setting that if you don't use hot water for a certain amount of time (like 11 pm to 7 am, for example), it won't heat the water as fast during that time, hence, saving you money. So, I'm excited to see if our power bill goes down at all. After going a few days either without hot water, or without water at all, I am really grateful for our new water heater.

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