Picture it. It's Halloween night and the pumpkins are set out and candy ready. Dad gets home from work/school with three eager children and Mom is still in the ER finishing her shift. Dad notices there is a puddle in the driveway and water running down but no rain yet. Maybe it's the crazy plumbing in our blessing of a house (remember this from the summer). Yep.
Fortunately, the water is not pooling in the house - only in the yard - but where? A quick call to the plumber - Jimmy the plumber from this summer - and the investigation begins to figure out what is going on and children happily go with new neighbor for a night of unexpected candy collection.
My dear, sweet, very logical husband and our new friend, Jimmy the plumber set to work to find where in the yard the leak is. Jimmy suggests using a metal coat hanger stretched out to detect the leak - you know wild-west style where they use a stick to detect running water underground. SO, with trick-or-treaters swarming our home like locust, Jimmy and very logical husband get coat hanger, and wander through yard to no avail - no wiggling coat hanger. BUT, ding-ding-ding - the large puddle of water on the other end of the house is a clue that you don't need a coat hanger for. This puddle leads them to the basement where they cut the sheet rock out of the basement and find the "in" pipes for all that clean water that should be flowing into our house.
Dear husband cuts all water off to the house and arranges everything to be handled the next day with diggers, plumbers, etc. and even a place to shower for mom when she gets home from work. All is well. Super dad to the rescue!
Children hand out candy to other children and enjoy the evening of fun and sugary delight - and then brush their teeth with left over water from a cup next to mom's bed. All is well this night...and one metal hanger is safely placed in the recycle bin.
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