The move has brought a whole new sense of peace and quiet, except for the roof repairmen who will be working diligently for a week to repair our roof before the rainy season is upon us.
Of course, our move would not be complete without a "water" event on our first night! At 3:00 am woke up to the sound of heavy winds and the sound of water gushing somewhere. I knew by the sound that it was not raining so I got my flashlight and headed outdoors to explore the origin of the sound. I quickly discovered that one of the faucets had a blown pipe. Of course, none of us had a clue where the main water shutoff was located so we improvised and guessed that the shutoff might be down by the pool. As I turned one of the valves, the water pressure dissipated at the faucet allowing my dad and hubby to employ some makeshift engineering and tie the broken tube back on with my newly purchased clothesline. We all went back to bed. An hour later my dad woke up to hear the swimming pool running over...guess we figured out where the water valve I turned diverted the pressure.
The next morning we headed to town and got the necessary stuff to fix up the leak and even managed to locate the main water valve for future reference.
Today was our first faux paux with the neighbors. Apparently, we failed to adhere to the trash disposal guidelines and dumped a couple of big boxes in the dumpster without breaking them down correctly which resulted in the trash not being picked up by the city. We were not the only violators so someone from our neighborhood had to volunteer to go through the container and make sure all the trash was properly bagged. Nothing like volunteering to dumpster dive on our first week. My husband joked that he thought new members of a neighborhood were typically welcomed with a party, not a summons and reprimand for improper trash disposal! Fortunately, the project was not nearly as messy as we had expected. We had hiked to the dumpster since our vehicle was in the shop getting prepped for annual inspection. Just as we started to hike up the hill back to the house, our HOA president and his wife drove by and asked what we were doing. Once we explained, he kindly offered to give us a ride back to our home....in his new car! I assured him the experience had been maggot free and none of the trash bags had leaked nasty garbage juice on us so we would not contaminate his nice new car. At least the chlorinated swimming pool awaited us to rinse off after experiencing our new extreme sport.
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