After having no hot water since Sunday, the littles are thoroughly enjoying WARM baths tonight! Poor Mr. Stannix woke Sunday morning to a broken hot water heater while he was watching the littles. Nothing was open, so I called a plumber on Monday. They were able to come late afternoon and take a look at it. After discovering some bird remains and other unmentionable things in the bottom, they had no luck getting it working again. We had to order a new tank (thank goodness for savings), which they promised would be in the next day. At the end of the day they called and told us that they had just received the hot water tank and wouldn't be able to come until first thing the next day. Meanwhile we've been boiling the kettle for dishes, taking cold showers, and tucking our kids into bed all grubby at night. They didn't mind so much, it was like camping! One morning as I boiled the water for dishes, and used the tap water to rinse them, I noticed it was coming out warm! "Mike, you have to get in the shower RIGHT NOW! It's WARM!" I shouted. By some miracle it stayed hot long enough for Mr. Stannix to enjoy his first warm shower in days.
Ollie sat in his bath so long that he turned into a prune. He enjoyed every minute!
The kids were squeaky clean at bedtime, and Joe's feet smelled so much better! We will never take hot water for granted again!
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