Flowers, Broken Pipes, and Flat Tires.

I began working on my flower bed today, I plan on planting Marigold, Zinnia, and whatever else I can come up with. All from seed as this ground will grow anything.
I did get most of the weeds out but decided David would have to till it for me, at least in patches. The flower bed is full of Cannes and also serves as my bulb garden.
Then I decided I should find out where our line to that area was capped off.

So Sue how did it get capped off?
It was late one night, we had a leak in the water line. We knew we had to fix it, So we did the only logical thing, We capped it off!!
Why? Because that line went to one faucet, it was not a major faucet so it was considered not necessary. WRONG!!
I really need it to keep my flower bed watered. I have to drag a hose to that bed all summer. It is so hard to do, Drag a 100 foot water hose.
Today we decided we would open the line, we began digging, We dig about three feet out from the control valve. NO CAP.
We then go to the other end, where we were sure we had capped it. NOPE!! But we did find the water line, The end that was not capped. We broke the water line.
DARN can it get any worse? Yep, we cant find the cap on the line. We know there is one, because the valve will not work and we have broken the line in two places at the faucet end.
Now we turn the water off to that line, and begin more digging.

Again we dig and dig, (I am sitting on the ground with a pick in my hand and a short shovel to dig the loose dirt out) this time about 6 feet or so. No CAP.
Now we are going to meet the two ends in the middle, what do you bet that is where it is, right in the middle of the driveway? We won't know until tomorrow. I tired out from so much crawling around on the ground. I am too old for this.
But in doing this we are putting down new water line and hopefully no more broken lines in the middle of the night.

Oh the flat tire.
As I am pulling weeds in the flower bed, David drives in.
Something sounds weird in the way the gravel is being picked up. I yell for him to stop. He HAS A FLAT. He said he heard a pop but thought nothing of it. The car still drove OK.
( We all know he has no sense of touch or feel.)
Now he calls for roadside service. Thank god for State Farm Roadside assistance. They came out changed our tire and now it goes to Les Schwab for replacement or repair.
So all is well, All is good, All is so blessed in our lives.