We got a leak

I woke up before 8 and got out of bed to head out and give Switch her medication as prescribed. It was -4 degrees Celsius, and the sun was shining brightly, making it easy as they were near the house. Dave had just come into the garage, hoping Cooper would eat his breakfast, but unfortunately, Cooper declined. So, Dave headed off to trot his horses before the warm weather made the track a mess. I took the dogs out to give Switch her medication, and once we were back inside, both of them ate breakfast. Now, Ito get our coffees made and delivered to the prince in bed.  I got to marketing and doing accounting. S enjoyed his coffee in bed and relaxed there until about 10. Once he got up, he took the Costco items down to the storage shelves, stopped by the bathroom, and then, upon coming upstairs, he stepped in a wet spot on the carpet. "Oh no", he exclaimed. "We have a problem."

What I witnessed when I descended the stairs was astonishing. It appeared that we had a water leak on the main floor. Together, we diligently worked to remove the wet drywall tape and allow it to drip into a bucket. The process of carefully cutting open the ceiling took time, progressing in gradual stages. 

S marking the areas the hole may need to be cut

Eventually, we managed to remove enough material to expose the underside of the floor. Surprisingly, it turned out that S initial assumption that the water was sewer water from the bathroom above was fortunately incorrect. Instead, it was a remarkably long brad nail that had been directly shot through the in-floor heating tube. It seems that over the course of 14 years, this nail had gradually eroded away enough to allow the glycol to begin seeping out.

The hole was left open for the water to dry out until S gets the water line fixed. He moved on to browsing his laptop in his big brown chair, and I threw in some dog bedding. I then vacuumed and scrubbed the edges and floor of the island base near the sink to lay down my new anti-fatigue mat. It’s so squishy! 

Meanwhile in the city, Shaina took the dogs and Renn outside to do their business :)

S was off to hockey at 1, as I worked on yesterday’s blog post. I loaded the photos and videos and while the last ones were uploading, I took the dogs for a walk in the now 8-degree sunshine. It’s mucky again outside. Our walk along the south rails had me stopping to snap off dry caragana branches, and I did the same at the willow tree by the shop. Scooping a couple more forkloads of poop was next on my list. As I finished up, a parcel was delivered. The driver had to call me because Cooper, our guard dog, had him worried.

you can see little miss needs to go in her own lane :)

Shaina and Matt took Renn to a play place this afternoon

I continued with marketing, accounting, and general computer organization. I spent some time lying in the warm sunshine on our bed practicing Spanish. S wasn’t home until 6 p.m. because he had to go to the shinny, have coffee with friends at McDonald's, and then stopped out at Dave’s barn where his friend Donny lives to borrow tools to repair the water line and have a beer.

The weather was perfect for a BBQ steak night with tasty vegetables. Before we started cooking, I went out to feed the horses because Britt had another work event after work. I also gave Switch her medication a bit early, and both dogs finished their suppers quickly.

We were watching hockey when Dave left at 8 p.m. He and S had a great catch-up on sports, and Dave took Cooper to the barn on his way home at 9:30 p.m. The cozy bed called us to relax and unwind with our devices and books, but we didn’t have TV tonight.