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I just got my internet connection back after being down for several days.  Nice.  Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been happening at Casa Amarilla:

• We discovered a new leak.  At the same time this weekend, Dan had to “see a man about a job” and I needed to shower, so he went to the basement bathroom.  I showered on the main floor.  With nothing to read, he began to scope out the bathroom.  And discovered a water stain on the ceiling just below where I was showering.  We did a lot of running water and looking inside walls and running up and downstairs and we think we’ve discovered the problem.  Water is getting in behind the faucets in the shower and water is leaking everywhere. These are the same faucets that the plumber removed, found that he needed to order parts, and put back.
• We’ve been showering in the basement, anxiously awaiting the plumber’s return, scheduled for Tuesday between 12 and 4.
• In the meantime, the fence people came.  Yipee!!!!!  A new fence.
• Coincidentally (because all the lines were well marked, you know), the day the fence people started, our phone and internet went down.  The good people at Comcast, though, were able to send out a technician – 2 days later.
• The fence was completed yesterday and it’s beautiful!  The dog and the kids and their mom love it!  Dan, however, isn’t so satisfied.  We added an extra gate so he could get his rider in the backyard and he doesn’t think the gate is big enough.  Crap.
• Since our phone was down and the plumber was supposed to call ahead, I checked in with them yesterday.  Guess what?  We weren’t on the schedule.  Our kick-ass home warranty doesn’t cover any of the repairs.  So, instead of calling us to see if we wanted to pay out of pocket, they just cancelled.  Without calling.  Thanks!  (Remember:  we still have no use of the tub upstairs and can now no longer use the shower on the main floor.  Let’s hope nothing happens to the basement shower or it’s going to get a little rancid around here.)
• I vacuumed out the van this morning and found that Sam has lost yet another shoe.  This is the third time.  (Jack and Maria have also managed, over the last two months, to each lose a shoe.)  What is up with this?
• Comcast came this morning and we’re back in business with the phone and the computer, thank God!  However, there is a nice long cable in our newly fenced backyard that needs to be buried.  No worries!  It will be taken care of in the next 10 days.  (10 days is a looooong time with kids and dogs and a cable, but whatever.)

That about wraps it up… for the moment.