Yesterday Vince was out digging the hole to re-plant the apricot tree that was too close to the other apricot tree. I went out a couple of times and talked to him but wasn’t paying a lot of attention to the project. I walked out to the shop to get something out of the freezer and I noticed a hole right next to the house.
Hole Next to the House
Oh, my goodness! What is he thinking? That’s way too close to the house. Trees should not be planted that close to the house!
There’s the water hose in the picture. How long has it been since I took an outside photo without a water hose in the picture?
The nice, black dirt he had dug out of the hole caught my eye. I walked over to see how deep Vince had dug the hole but no . . he isn’t planting a tree.
Water Leak
We have a leaking connection. Vince noticed the ground was wet and the hose has not been on so he knew right off the bat. It’s the line that goes over to the cows’ watering tank. Vince will fix it but it’s crazy that every time we buy a house, we have so much to do to “fix” things. We always get the inspections and things like this wouldn’t show up . . a water line that’s going to spring a leak 15 months after you buy a house . . it makes me wonder if when we sell houses, after we’ve done what seems to me like lots of “fixes”, do the people who buy our houses have the same issues?
I’m so thankful Vince is handy with stuff like this and can fix it himself. And, I’m thankful he wasn’t planning to put a tree in that hole!
Vince would make a good rancher.
Leak fixing is high on the list of must tend to’s around here.
We just had a leak like that at our farm, line to cows water tank. Allen blames the drought causing ground shifting. May happen again!
That’s one of Murphy’s laws! When we moved here, Galen wanted a house that was 5 years old or less so we wouldn’t have as much to do right away! We move in Jan. and in July the shingles are sliding off the garage roof and not just one or two! Yep, lots of inspections beforehand. Had a friend put them back up. I was in PA and Galen was on his way to the airport when it happened. Following summer we had the garage reshingled with the proper amount of nails! 3 years later, the whole place redone due to major hail storm. Won’t even go into the other things that needed done. Our neighbor is putting his home on the market and the inspectors seem to be a lot tougher when putting the house on the market than for the buyer! I too wonder what the buyers of our other homes found once they moved in!
I am living in the same house I have since 1984. It seems like everytime we do something to improve the place something else goes wrong. It has always been that way, so I just look at it as everyday living.
I remember once when I was visiting my brother in CA right after their house was built, I was using the down stairs bathroom and while I was running the hot water the surface of the sink cracked. He thought I dropped something into the sink, but I didn’t’.
We used to build houses, live in them a couple of years and sell them and it seems like even with a brand new house, there was always some little something that would go wrong too. I guess it is just every day living.
Not only am I grateful to have a husband that can fix things, but also one that is willing to do so – mine thinks it is “fun” to do the little (and sometimes not so little) “fix it” jobs around the house !
I’m glad I’m not the only one..I know that sounds bad but it does make me feel better.
We bought our very furst house Jan 14th and Jan 22nd we had to replace the water heater and on the same day we found out that they is radon isssues that weren’t diclosed so now we need a radon mitigation system. I just hope nothing else happens for at least 6 months.
oops bit my knock on wood…we had to replace the furnace..no heat for two days…please don’t tell me my water heater is next….I’ll scream
good man, that vince is. i couldn’t even get my (soon to be ex) to fix a faucet screen that had calcified.
It is great that Vince is able to fix things around the house, but even better is his ability to notice when something is not quite right. And then follows up with figuring out why.
Oh gosh, we’ve had sprinkler-system leaks, too, and I’m SO glad that my DH can fix the problems, too. Oh what a messy, dirty job! I do, however, wish I could play with that pretty purple water-pipe glue! *wink*