Holiday Traditions~

Usually at one major holiday we go with out something! Usually its the Kitchen Sink clogging up but lately its our water source! At two in the afternoon on Thanksgiving our water went out, thankfully it wasn't due to there not being any in the well, but that didn't help any when you went to the faucet and there was nothing coming out.................

Now my sweet DH works in another state, 3 hours from home, usually he is on the 10am to 8pm shift but had special hours Thursday and pulled a 6am to 4pm shift. And being able to get a hold of him is usually not easy, but on the first call he actually answered the phone! I was excited and started the conversation off very lightly then got that icky feeling in my stomach at having to tell him. He is my Hero! He knew what the problem was and thought it would be a quick fix of a switch that he knew was going to be needing replacing at a discovery around a month ago and we already had the part on hand! Woo-Hoo!

Moments like that are such a tease~It was the switch but it was actually faulty because the electrical box was damaged from where it was placed by the previous owners and that needed swapping out. Of course everything is closed at 10:30pm and a quick search showed Home Depot would be open at 5am for Black Friday specials! So he was there at opening and they didn't have "that" part, sigh, and True Value was not due to open until 7:30 and that is where the previous home owners had purchased everything because that was the only place at the time, Home Depot has only been in our area a couple years. Poop~

Now DH could have called in but the State considers the day after Thanksgiving a Holiday as well and when you work that means double time and a half, and being he was on the schedule and it was no question about what he was going to be doing with his day he headed off at 7 but not before loading us up with water which he picked up while in town!!

So Scottie went to town and got the elusive parts and he is out there in 20 degree weather fixing us up! It amazes me at the things he does for his family without question, he hated leaving us like that but we camp alot so it wasn't like we didn't know how to make it a day without water coming out the tap, warmed some up on the stove to get dishes done and poured some into the toilet tank to flush, all the conveniences were way better than camping that is for sure!!

Plus it just again showed how Blessed we really are, what an unconditional Love that MY Husband has for Me and our Children, our year was a tough one and it isn't quite over with yet but its times like these that really puts what we think are problems into perspective. Yes, the stuff still has to be dealt with but when you join forces with the one you Love in the little things just imagine how effective they truly are in those bigger things!! It's just taking the time to see them!!

We are going to make his favorite meal today! Pork Chops slow cooked in sauerkraut and potato dumplings!! Yumm Yumm eat 'em up!! Hehehe, that is a favorite saying of the kids from when they were little and they heard it on one of the old Little Rascals show, we use it still today! Fond memories.....................