Day 8 - Water is On Back Yard Nearly Completely Cleared Out

Here's pictures of the Water Authority guy turning the water back on. It was shut off years ago, thankfully they had someone winterize it so nothing could go wrong.

Water Authority has been totally awesome with their customer service. Courteous, no voice mail hell but a real live person. The guy that arrived to turn on the service was there within ten minutes and had the water on. Mark installed a ball valve, something that shuts the water off right after the meter. That way we can just shut all the water off and walk away. We want to be certain everything is ok before we just go home with the water running and potentially leaking somewhere. The kitchen sink worked fine, but the faucet is totally shot. Hoping it makes it a few days if we need it. The bathroom was fine, the toilet needed new guts and Mark replaced those tonight. The previous owners had a makeshift shower on the second floor. We will attempt to put a half bath there and most likely get rid of the shower. A toilet and a sink would be great up there. The pipe to that shower leaked inside the wall between the main bath and the bedroom we are calling bedroom #2. So Mark ripped out the wall and fixed it so that we can try to have a sink and possibly a shower on the second floor. It made the decision to keep the bathroom tile a little easier! It had pink and blue flowered tiles every so often. Without that '80's touch we might have kept it. The floor tile is beige with brown grout. I'd considered keeping that as well and tinting the grout, but some of it was coming up so it's all going. The gold tub surround will go as well. Try not to be disappointed, ok? The vanity, sink and faucet are gross, beat and dated, so they never stood a chance. After getting the water on I went home and worked on a kitchen plan. Going to move the refrigerator and install a dishwasher. Space is tight. Super tight. But I think I can make it happen. The lady at Home Depot said the cabinets are going on sale at 20% off pretty soon. I want to be ready and buy them once they are on sale. The kids worked on the back yard again. Tiff had cleared the south corner last night so tonight all that was left was directly behind the garage. There is a GIANT, and I mean GIANT pile of branches, sticks, twigs, and fencing in a pile between the Florida room and the garage. Once the dumpster arrives it will be gone and the patch under it will be raked up and bagged. I wanted the kids to see that a stage of the project was started and finished by them in under a week. Pretty impressed at them all. While the outside has been working, Samantha and Tiffany have cleaned a few windows with me. That's when we discovered that the front window was put in upside down and caulked into place. Thinking the two front will be replaced. Estimate coming Monday. A couple roof estimates. One was over two thousand cheaper than the other. I question the quality. It needs a complete tear off and new plywood. Cha ching!! Mark is calling to request the dumpster tomorrow. Dominic was recommended by one of the roofing companies and we can keep it longer than five days - for a month! So it will arrive tomorrow and Mark will fill it this weekend. The kids except Tiffany are off to a leadership weekend for Civil Air Patrol so it's just the three of us this weekend and Tiffany is scheduled to work a lot. But with the toilet working and a dumpster.... Mark can bring our generator and get done what he plans... filling that dumpster!! Here are some pictures!