October 7, 2008

Mucho Agua!

On Monday Morning at 4:00 am I thought that I heard our neighbor taking a shower. The walls are not very sound proof here, and we share walls with each of our neighbors. When I went down stairs around 5:45 this morning I found out that it was not our neighbor who was taking a shower. ..A pipe in under the kitchen sink came apart and our entire first floor was covered with over an inch of water. Steve and I spent the morning sweeping the water out the door. Thankfully the only thing that really got ruined was Steve’s grammar book ( he can get a new one easily). The floor is dry now and Steve replaced the flex pipe that broke off at the nut (he got good practice using plumming vocabulary at the hardware store). Josiah came down the stairs this morning and said “ Dad, why is there a big puddle in our house” It was very funny! We are thankful that we were here when it happened, and thankful that there was not a lot of damage done. I should have shot a little video of it, but was not thinking of that at the time, we had to get to school! A “memory making" morning!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oy vey!

Wait, that's Yiddish, not Spanish. What's Spanish for "Oy Vey?"

You guys are in our prayers.

with much love in Christ,

Mark, Shelby, Vivienne, Juliana, Caleb, and Gabriella

BethsMomToo said...

I suppose that's one way to wash the floor! Glad there wasn't more damage.

Diem Family said...

I think you could say:
"Que lio!" - How messy!
or
"Que mojado!" - How wet!

Things are now dry - and shiny!
"Que dicho!"

Anonymous said...

Sometimes our senses deceive us.

I'm glad the "shower" didn't do much damage.

Anonymous said...

Greetings from Thailand! I just saw your blog, and pictures of the kids. Sorry, Steve, Elliot looks like Grandpa Bob! I know what you mean about being in a new country with a new language-I feel absolutely illiterate! I can't even read road signs! Even the letters are different! I'm praying for your continued learning of all things Argentinian. God Bless!
Paula Baker