Thar She Blows!

Well, wouldn't you know it. Not three weeks into home ownership and we've already managed to piss off our neighbors. How, you ask? By knocking out their water service of course! Some people introduce themselves with cookies, others do it with a simple knock on the door. As for me and my husband, we prefer to really make a splash.

That giant geyser you see pictured is water from the water main shooting over 20 feet into the air. That pile of dirt to the right is what happens when you dig ten feet down into our front lawn. The look of sheer panic on my face (which is unfortunately absent from this picture) is what you get after discovering that your sewer is blocked and everything you have flushed for the past three days has ended up in your basement. 

Fun times. 

It took a week to fix the problem (which involved heavy machinery, police officers to block traffic, a constant stream of expletives from my husband's mouth, and close to $11,000). 

So the next time I have a dinner party and my friends ask me what happened to our renovation plans for the new house, I'll calmly walk them outside and point to the gravestone in our front yard: 

Here Lies Your New Kitchen. May It Rest in Peace.

Oh, and one more thing... 

IT'S A GIRL!!!!