O Pioneers!!!!

Once upon a time there lived a couple who took everything for granted. They lived in America where there was running water, reality television, McDonald's on every corner (and a Walgreens for the after effects of a McDonald's on every corner), and every luxury a person could imagine. This couple grew so accustomed to the creature comforts that life had always afforded them. Then, one fateful morning, the couple woke up and checked the mail box. In that box they found a bill for their running water (which they had always taken for granted) which was more than they could ever afford. At that point, the magical mailbox transported the couple back to the time of the pioneers, and for the rest of their lives, the couple lived as their heroic pioneer forfathers did. And the couple lived happily ever after.

Long story short, we have a leak at our house. We do not know where it is, if it is on the part of the city or on our part. We do not know if it is in a wall, under the house, in the yard. All I know is that we have to turn the water off after we use it from the outside connection. That means, (ha ha) at 5:45 each day Ryan must go outside in his PJ's and turn on my water and then turn it back off once I have showered. It also means that I have a new-found appreciation for my pioneering mothers before me. How, o how, did those women do it? How did they manage to haul water to the house, heat it on the stove, and then watch the house, wash the dishes, wash the children???? They must have been so very tired at the end of the day. I have a new-found respect for them. O Pioneers!!!! You have my respect!!!!