I mentioned a few days ago that our water was out. It's still out. Today is our fourth day without running water. We miss it but we're getting along just dandy. =) Our "training" from Ruby has certainly helped this week. We go through about one seven-gallon jug of water a day. We use the tiniest trickle to wash our hands, catching all the water in a large bowl, and we save as much dish water as we can, emptying it all into a large bucket. We use the used water to flush toilets. After two days we were finally able to flush the toilet in the bathroom adjoining my sisters' and my room. That was a relief, as you ladies can surely imagine. (chuckle)
Thank the Lord, we were all able to get showers! We got in touch with two public school teachers who come to church and they so graciously offered us the use of their showers. The construction crew told my dad the water should be back on this evening. How I pray all goes as planned, because we've got a million chores and a mountain of laundry to do tomorrow! Aaaah!
Here are some pictures of the construction that's been going on just outside our house, seemingly all winter long. They've dug holes, filled them in, dug holes, filled them in. Maybe they just like playing in the dirt? =D
This saw machine is so LOUD. It rattles down the road at a turtle's pace!
The view from our back door.
The trench. It is so deep!
And there's the dirt that was once filled the trench.
Snow machine tracks in the snow. Our "airport" is to the left.
The snow is so beautiful now that the sun is back. I love our deep blue shadows!
The Presbyterian church down the street.
We had some beautiful sunny weather this week. Not a cloud in the sky! And what a gorgeous blue the sky was... It was such a blessing.
A frosty telephone pole.
I took this picture from our kitchen window. See that massive pressure ridge? It looks like a mountain!
Power lines are rather artistic, don't you think? Certainly not as inspiring as a tree, though...
Well, I hope this rather pointless post didn't put you folks to sleep. (chuckle) You all have a good day!
2 comments:
What a thing to go through! Thank you for this post; it makes me realize just how easily we all can take conveniences such as running water for granted! You have such a lovely blog. I have enjoyed looking over quite a few of your older posts; and I love the pictures that you take--so beautiful!
Thanks so for your comment! Our water's still out at this point but we're getting into the routine of hauling water and everything else involved, once again. Just like the good old days! =)
So glad you're enjoying my blog. God bless!
Naomi
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