More House Issues . . .

 

Preston woke me up at 1am and said we had no water pressure and that he heard a loud bang.  Long story short, a water connector piece busted to the main, so water literally flooded the street for 12 hours before the city finally had a crew out to repair the damage.  You can see the massive hole they had to dig.  It was no fun being without water for a day!  But when the water did come back on, apparently some sediment was stuck in several faucets, so the city had to send a plumber to repair those and totally replace Savannah's faucet . . which was another 10 days before that could be done.  THEN, the pressure was off, so they came back out and jacked it up to an unsafe level, but assured me it was "fine".  I went to Lowe's and bought a gauge to test it myself; it was over 90psi, but it should have been less than 70psi!  So, guess what, the plumber had to come back out!  And now you can see the beauty of our yard.  Unfortunately, this wasn't the burnt part that they dug up, so now we have black, brown, yellow, orange, and some green in our front lawn. UGH!

Just a Kid Doing What He Loves . . .

With Preston's insanely busy schedule, it's super rare that he can find time to fly AND that the weather is cooperative . . but today was a perfect afternoon for flight!  He left for the airport right after school and had a blast getting some hours in today.  These pictures of the sun setting are pretty amazing too. :)

He was able to maneuver both the take-off and landing by himself, which he was quite proud of.   Unfortunately, there was a major accident on 485 when he was heading home, so the return trip back home took over 90 minutes, but he didn't seem to mind after such a great flight.  Just thankful our kid has found a passion and has something to look forward to!

Let It Snow!!!

Well . . . we finally got a massive snow that the kids will remember!  It snowed at least 10" at our house Saturday night, but the official Charlotte measurement was 11"!  It was so beautiful to see, and especially nice that we didn't have to worry so much about losing power this weekend.  Preston enjoyed some sledding, making snow angels, and even tried to make a 3D print of a snowball maker, but unfortunately, this wasn't the best snow for snowballs.  It was super light and fluffy so he tried to use the blower to clean the sidewalk off too.  Thankfully, our driveway gets direct sun and melted pretty quickly, but school was still out for three entire days!  Needless to say, we were all getting a bit antsy . . . I think now that we've seen good snow, we're ALL ready for Spring!