Before we left for the ballet performance we found that our water heater was leaking…on further exploration we found that the bottom of it had become rusty and could bust anytime. The thought that at any time 50 gallons of water could suddenly start gushing through our basement and into our new carpet wasn’t too soothing.
We got some nice family pictures while we were dressed up but unfortunately the SD card got corrupted and I’ve lost those photos.
We attended the performance of the Nutcracker that night. We’ve never watched ballet before so it was…well…a new experience. I enjoyed the first act because it looked more like a play than a ballet, but after that it was pretty much just a bunch of twirls and such. The music was fantastic. Hey, but you never know! It was something new to try! Who knows but maybe the three of us would’ve gotten hooked on it and would’ve demanded that we start taking ballet classes ASAP!?! (After watching a few movies of Fred Astaire I started taking tap dancing lessons.) Well, unless one of us takes up football I don’t foresee ballet in our future.
This morning Benjamin found a raccoon in one of his live traps by the trash cans. This is the third raccoon that he’s trapped and he’s never skinned any of them. The first time he gave the raccoon to a fellow trapper and the second time it was real young and he let it go. He cautiously released this raccoon as well.
Kate left this afternoon to make a final Christmas shopping trip and Benjamin & Mom dropped off the new water heater at the house before they went shopping.
Aaron stopped by and hung out for awhile We’ve taught the word “Aaron” to Lydia and she likes him a lot
Prepping the hallway bathroom for the paint
Grandma & Glenn came over to the house and worked on getting the new water heater installed.
While I painted and Glenn worked on the water heater Grandma and Noah setup the Christmas tree.
However, Noah decorated the tree by himself and did a pretty good job.
We hauled out the old water heater with the dolly so that we could take a look at the rust forming on the bottom of it:
(Middle) You can see the hole where the water had been leaking out
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I replaced the light fixture in the bathroom and found the last remnant of wallpaper behind it…I can still remember listening to a Faith & Freedom Tour album while I was scraping off the wallpaper a few years ago!
I continued painting the bathroom and was halfway finished with the second coat until Benjamin and Mom got home after midnight. They had bought more groceries home than anything else, so we had to put those away before we headed for bed. I packed up my painting supplies and went to bed. Kate got home a little before 3 am.
Oh yeah, our Christmas party got rescheduled at my Aunt’s house so thankfully we won’t have the stress of trying to get the hallway bathroom setup tomorrow.
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