Has anyone else noticed that things seem to run in threes?  Especially mishaps?  Or broken things?  This has been the week of water trials.

About 2:30 Saturday morning, Bill was awakened by the sound of rushing water coming from the cabin bathroom.  Since I'm not known for getting out of bed to take a mid night shower, and our dog is even less likely to be willing to bathe, he was pretty sure that there was a problem.  There was.  The feeder pipe leading to the toilet tank had broken (darn plastic fitting) and water was SPEWING out at full volume.  There was over an inch of water all over the floor, and it was pouring out the back door.  

He hollered for me, and the two of us took turns trying to turn the shut-off valve off.  The darn thing was stuck, so we went outside to the shut-off outside.  It was stuck too.  We finally had to go up to the main storage tank and shut off ALL the water.  

I went in and warned Les and Debbie that they wouldn't have any water in the morning;  at least until we could get to the hardware store for parts.  Poor guys...sleeping soundly, and then being awakened by a screaming maniac hollering something about water...

After being at the store when they opened that morning, getting all the parts (including a flex tube with a METAL fitting), stopping for some muffins for the plumber (Bill) and his helper (me), we had everything fixed.  (Mishap #1)

The floor may have to be replaced, because even now (Tuesday) it's still feeling squishy when we walk on it.  We have the fans blowing on it and are hoping for the best.

On Sunday, Bill was walking past the back of the house where the water heater is located and noticed that the stucco looked wet and then he saw the dripping.  Upon further inspection, it was decided that we indeed needed to replace a leaking hot water heater.  (Mishap #2)

Luckily, the leak wasn't so bad that we had to shut everything down again.  

Today we did the water heater.  I turned the water off right outside the house so that Les and Debbie wouldn't be disrupted while we worked on it.  While Bill was doing the heater, I hand watered the potted plants on the front porch.  I was talking on the phone with Maggie while doing this, and noticed that I was losing water pressure.  DANG!!!  The pressure pump up at the tanks had quit. (Mishap #3)

Our pump guy, who is also a good friend came by tonight and changed out a capaciter  (sp?), and we now have a pressurized water system and hot water again. 

Lets hope that our water woes are over now.  Threes are the charm, right?