Dramaaaa!

Too much house drama for me to handle! So we got the toilets installed at the house, then we had a plumber come out to check things out and turn the water on to the house. As soon as he turned it on, the meter outside cracked. Sigh. We didn't know how long it would take for the city to have a new one installed so we were afraid we wouldn't get to move on schedule. Well then we found out that someone with the city would meet the plumber at the house this morning and install the meter, check the pipes, etc. Chris met them there at 7:30 this morning and they are still there.

Apparently there are a couple cracked pipes. Chris thinks its not too bad because they were able to pump the air pressure through the pipes at 40psi (they typically use between 40-60psi) and they held up. But they will have to be fixed or replaced somehow. As of now those are the only pipe issues. We were afraid if it was too bad that we would have to pull out entirely and find a new house. And with a closing date 2 weeks from now, this is all last minute and scary. The brand new dishwasher is either bad or wasnt installed correctly. Hopefully its just the latter. It looks like we will need to buy a new water heater and water softener as well. One thing after another.

Some advice - never buy a foreclosure if you dont have gobs of money to put into it (even if its in GREAT shape there are issues somewhere that will be uncovered) and time and patience.

Chris just updated me that the pipes aren't cracked, just some 90 degree fittings. The plumber thinks there was a bad batch of them and he replaced them already. Whew. So thats one hurdle we've crossed.

Normally I would be anxious and really freaking out about all this but I've been trying to be positive and trust that God will get us through it no matter what happens.

I'm so ready for February to be over with.