Johnny's Birthday and Huge Problem

 Johnny had his birthday and we all had fun with him. He's 19!!

Today we went to fix a leaking outdoor water spigot. We could not shut the water off to it because it is not attached the water main in the house, even though it is only a few feet from the house. We decided to just unscrew quickly and screw in the new part quickly under high pressure. It wouldn't unscrew and when we tried a little more leverage, the pipe broke from underground. Soon water was bubbling up all over the already wet (from the leaking spigot) background, and the the water in the house would not run. It was hard. John and I went and bought new parts while Ruth, Johnny, and Adam kept trying to get something on hand to stop the leak while also bailing water.  Eventually I called a plumber and he told me how to turn the water off from the water meter next to the road. John, Johnny, and Adam got the pipe sawed and somehow the plumbers glue held on the new pipe, even though it was put together under a large puddle of water. There will be more to do. We'll dig it up better after the ground dries and get it glued on better. But, hey, we have running water again in the house, so we know it is holding, and it has been a few hours, so it probably will.