You don't realize just how important water is until you don't have any. On Tuesday we had a water pipe break. Well actually the elbow joint rusted through. Luckily Tanek saw the backyard flooding and we were able to shut off the water. Vins called the plumber but we didn't hear back from him until that night. He said he would try to make it out the next afternoon. He didn't make it. Finally at noon on Thursday we were able to get another plumber. It took him about 30 min. to fix the problem. Lucky for us the rest of the pipe (so far) was fine.

Unfortunatly the pipes run under our sidewalk and then under the asphalt driveway. We will cross our fingers. If the pipe breaks in any of those areas we will be looking at major problems.

So, two days without water doesn't sound bad except you need water for EVERYTHING. Washing clothes, washing dishes, cooking, bathing, brushing teeth, etc. We made do with a couple gallons of water and thankfully Vinson's cousin let us borrow her shower while they were out of town.

You can not imagine how happy we were when the water was turned back on.

 This is what our schedule looks like. We can move things when necessary and can be flexible if needed. Field trips and homeschool group meetings count as school days for us. On those days we don't follow the schedule.

8:30 am - Wake up

9:00 am - Children awake

9:30 am - Breakfast & get dressed

10:00 am - Free Time (Adults Exercise)

10:30 am - School

11:30 am - Free Time

12:00 pm - Lunch

1:00 pm - Quiet Time (unplugged/no tv, no computer)

1:30 pm - Clean House

2:00 pm - School

3:30 pm - Free Time

4:00 pm - Mom clean - kids free time

4:30 pm - Free Time

5:00 pm - Unplugged & cooking

6:00 pm - Supper & clean up

7:00 pm - Free Time

8:00 pm - Baths (no computer for kids)

9:00 pm - Free Time

9:45 pm - Bedtime Stories (optional)

10:00 pm - Bedtime