Well, it has been a while, but that is because I was on vacation. I went to California to see my family. There was alot of driving from house to house and visiting cousins, but it was fun. The kids got to swim, which they loved, and we went to the beach which is always a treat. Other than that, they bounced on the trampoline with their cousins, rode bikes in the driveway, and made play-dough with Aunt Barb. A pretty typical family vacation.
When we arrived home, we were greeted with a leaking main water line. Just in case we hadn't spent enough money on our vacation, we got to shell out an additional $2500 dollars to replace our water line. What looked like a little leak turned into the mantra that every contractor, plumber, electrician, or other tradesman is taught in school. "Oh no problem it should be easy to fix." Then, as soon as they have ripped up your floor, knocked a whole in your wall, or cut off the electricity to your kitchen, "Wow! Who would have built it like this? I can't believe they did it this way? Well, i don't know..." At this point they trail off with a blank stare and then pronounce that it is going to take twice as long, require twice the number of people to do it, and probably four times the cost. It wasn't that bad, but what was a little leak at the water meter turned in to pipe that was out of code and had to be replaced. On the good news side, they were able to bore under the driveway so they only had to jack hammer the sidewalk to get it fixed. Maybe I'll encourage my son to become a plumber. They can't outsource that job to China or India.
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