Water!

A water main out on the highway broke Friday night. Two water towers emptied into the river. The pipe was fixed Saturday morning. However, the water towers had to be refilled. We waited and waited and waited for water. Finally, the water came back on Tuesday afternoon around 3:15 pm.

We learned how important water is in our lives. We use water to flush toilets. It takes 5-7 gallons of water to flush the toilet. Jorge brought in rusty well water in a 5 gallon bucket to flush the toilets.

We had a hard time cleaning up the kitchen and washing the dishes. Rusty well water was heated in order to wash our dirty dishes. This brought back memories for Jorge who grew up heating water to wash dishes.

No showers without water. Of course, rusty, cold well water works to wash your hair. I gasped every time I poured the cold water over my head (Laura).

Papaw brought drinking water from KMBC for us to use. We learned to conserve it carefully.

Advent Calendar

When we left McAllen so quickly in March to come to Kentucky, I packed the Advent Calendar that we have used for years with the girls. I'm glad that I packed it because it adds some stability to this HMA year of our lives.

Thanksgiving Target Practice

My sister's family came home for Thanksgiving. They brought their guns to practice shooting off our deck. The girls enjoyed it a lot. I shot about 4 rounds and had enough.

My Biker

Jorge loves to ride his motorcycle on the curvy mountain roads. He rides Saturday afternoons with some guys from KMBC.