Month of calamity

Don't let the lack of posting action fool you into thinking things have been quiet around here. Though the mountains of snow prevented us from beginning any new work on the Duper Dwelling, there have been plenty of things to deal with in the last few weeks.

First, the Icicle of Doom became The Fence Killer:



Then, while we were out one evening, the dogs decided to destroy our houseplants:



We know it wasn't the beagle - he was in his crate. Despite that, I still checked for signs that he escaped and then locked himself back in his crate.

A few days after that, in a fit of sudden superhuman strength, I ripped the paper towel holder out of the wall. Twice.



And then, best of all, the water main outside of our house broke. Three times in about a week. See the picture below?



During this third and worst incident, the water main broke around 9:00 a.m.
At 3:00 p.m., the water company hit our gas line while digging.
At 6:00 p.m., Mike took pictures and asked when they'd be finished. They said 5-6 hours.
At 11:30 p.m., we decided to turn off the light and try to sleep, despite the bulldozering and jackhammering fifty feet from our heads. (BANG BANG BANG...RRRRRRRRRRRR...BEEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEEP.)
At 4:00 a.m., they turned the water back on (yay) and started backfilling the hole (boo). It sounded something like this: BANG BANG BANG SCRAAAAAPE BANG BANG BANG SCRAAAAAPE BANG BANG BANG, only with each BANG, our house, windows, and dishes rattled.

Our alarm went off at 6:00 a.m. The water company left at 7:00 a.m. after having guys on the job for 22 hours. I hope they're being paid well.

Did I mention it was a Wednesday night?

Anywho, spring is here and we're past all of that. I have bulbs coming up and a dumpster being delivered on Friday. We're taking out the rest of the walls on the second floor and removing the nasty old tile from the front room on the second floor. Hopefully we'll make some real progress in the next month or two.