Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Well we all made it safely to our new home, but we have had trial after trial since we got here. The day Jake got here it was pouring rain and the power was off and the water. He found out a little later that the power was at the house it just had to be turned on from the outside. he also found out that the water was off because aparently there was a leak in the pipes. When I got there the next day the water was still off. Fortunately by divine insparation I'm sure, I had insisted on taking our water storage with us. As of Yesterday we finally have our wter on with hot water. We had a heck of a time getting the propane people to get things hooked up for us so we didn't have hot water or a stove/oven foe a while. We cooked on our camp stove when we had to. So we have basically been camping for $685 a month. We had the water turned on and off multiple times. The maintanance people thought they had everything fixed and then they would find another leak. By the time they finish we are going to have brand new piping everywhere down there I think. We also had a problem with the washing maching, they said they would fix it, but were taking forever about it. Jake finally looked at it himself and discovered the problem. It wouldn't spin and he realized thart the thing that censes when the washer lid is closed had broke, so he stuck a small stick in there and it has been working out fine. The dryer works, but gives off a high pitched squeeky noise. The dishwasher does not work, I think it's because we basically have no water pressure in the house, for that same reason it takes about a half hour or more for the washing machine to fill up. Oh well at least it works. Anyway so we have been having a ball here. On top of all the fun house trouble, I took Rileigh out for a ride on my bike the other day and her foot got caught in the spokes. I thought it was broken at first, but it is just very badly sprained and bruised up. Poor little girl, I felt, feel so bad about it. She is doing better now, but her ankle is still pretty rough looking and she favors it a bit. Jacilynn has been doing fairly well with the move, but I think the water here affects her adversely. It has a high sulfer content, most of us don't drink it because it is super nasty, but i make Jaci'

4 comments:

  1. Oh the joys of college life! Sounds like a wonderful start:) Maybe your getting all of the yuck out of the way now and it will be smoothe sailing the rest of the way.

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  2. Well I'm glad to see you made it there safe! Camping??? Camping can be fun! It was good to see you before you took off!

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  3. Glad things are going better at least. I hear that you had tornado warnings too. Did anything touch down, or did you just get some good wind and storms? So has school started? Find a job? Take care.

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  4. Hey,
    Sounds like a rough start indeed, but I'm sure things will get better now. At least you've seen the bad so it can only get better, right? Oh, that's too bad about Rileigh's foot, I did that to Achsah when we were younger, twice in a row. I felt horrible too. Glad it was only a sprain. Well, we hope work comes along soon. Love you.

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