Lilly Sway

I had this day planned cook a small breakfast, eat and sleep. Just today. I do not ever get to sleep in. Well that was my plan because the temperature was really going to be to cold to be out and about. The night before we were just trying to keep the house warm and the popcorn over the fire was a little over the top, but we had such a real family time that I did not mind the mess. (Well not so much). I had it all planned turn the alarms all off and just wake up when ever I woke up.

The best laid plans just never seem to unfold quite right in this house and today was no exception. I kept hearing the water running through the pipes and so I sat up in bed. I know that there was no one in the shower at 5:AM on a Saturday no way. The first person to leave the house Saturday is my husband, and since he was ill that left no one in my mind to have somewhere to be, just who would be in at that hour on my special sleep in day? ( I did mention to you that I planned it). So I got up and went to turn on the coffee pot and noticed that there was not one light on in the house.

I went towards the bathroom and found it empty and the door was open. I thought I must have been dreaming. I went back to my bed room with the full intention of going back to bed, but I heard the water running still. I then realized  yes it was running and then I began to yell. My thoughts and my panic collided, a water break, a pipe had burst, a frenzy came over me what could possibly have gone wrong, we wrapped the exterior pipes and prepared the house to withstand the frigid night.

Well we thought we had anyway. I was running for a coat my oldest was running for the T, (the tool used to turn off the water main) and my husband was out of the door faster than I. He was  looking left and right for the proof, the pool of water and the damage. and there in the bushes was a squirrel, stuck in between the house and the water spout. It was frozen to the hot water pipe (I guess it was looking for heat). The pipe burst with the pressure of his little body stuck there, he was frozen too. The water went off I guess my son got to the water main and my husband and I buried the squirrel quickly before the kids came out to see the mess.

The pipe that was damaged was a minor repair and my husband managed to fix it quickly and financially painlessly to the cost of under $10.00. I was so grateful that the only way I could show my gratitude for being spared an enormous bill from a plumber, or the water company was to do what I do best. “Cook”, yes I cook when things are bad, I cook when things are good, I cook when someone we know passes on, or when someone we know has a baby. and yes I cook when I want to say that I am grateful.

I cooked a big breakfast with homemade hash browns and sausage I chopped up an onion, a tomato and an avocado, I put scratch biscuits into the oven and made that good old reliable side of beans to go with eggs anyway you would like them. I cooked this big breakfast for my family today, we had gone to the grocers just in-case the freeze would last longer than supposed to. I made banana nut bread, and hot coffee. My children and family members said that it felt as if it were Christmas all over a gain. I just felt so grateful that I made all of the things my family loves to eat today.

A crazy lady is what my husband says I am. He says that I have spent all of the day in the kitchen on the day I was to sleep in. I guess you could say that I was a little crazy, yes you could say that. I say that I was just filled with gratitude today.

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Lilly’s Way

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