Today was a good day for me! But why? Well, I got up and got to work digging a hole next to the water tap outside by the horses watering trough. After getting it to three feet, I put in a railroad crosstie in a standing up position right behind the back of the water pipe. I wanted this in so the pipe won’t pose a trip hazard for the older members of our household, and so I could mount a hose rack in the form of a bucket screwed to the tie. That went in a treat, then I sorted out another pipe that needed supporting to a pole that it was already next to. Next I got the old light fixture down under the horses’ feed shelter, and put the new one in a permanent fashion. Lunch came after that, and then I took the boys out to wash the car that they had spent the morning cleaning the inside of. After we returned from that, I got to work on the second choice location to put a railroad crosstie in.
This was not a an easy task in the end! The location I picked for the second tie was the pipe next to the travel trailer because it gets used for watering the plants in the front, and the trees along the side of the house. This one gets a lot of use! I put the shovel in and before very long I hit mud. As it turned out, the hole I dug filled up with water quite quickly. I discovered the big mamma of a leak that has had the water meter spinning for the last month or so. As it turned out, there was a compression fitting under the pipe, just after the T-joint that lead up to the hose fitting. The next thing on the line is a leaky hose fitting on the other side of the driveway, for watering the middle of the circle drive. Nothing out there needs watering now as water is so expensive here, and we are not growing more than is needed, such as in that area. So the goal for now is to leave that one out and just fix the line where the trailer is. As it turns out, I can cap that off and there is no leak reading on the meter!
It turns out I am out of primer and glue, so this job will get done tomorrow. Once it is, we will have finally stopped spending money while we sleep!
This evening the family took turns playing badminton. That was a good time for all, but I think the very best part of the day was the lovely cooked dinner that Katrina made for everyone, including pork chops, stuffing, potatoes, and veggies.
So it was a good day because I got a lot sorted out, and I found a big leak on our lines. Tomorrow will bring this to resolution, and that is just plain exciting to me!
It sure is a simple life, isn’t it?