Back home!

Finally! After four full days away from home, we are back!

There is a lot that needs to be done but we're getting there. The carpet in the living room where the radiator exploded is now clean and good as new. Every room is slowly heating up to a comfortable temperature. Faucets run, toilets flush...just a slow drain in the downstairs bathroom and a new kitchen faucet left for Chad to install and then our plumbing will be back in working order. It's good to be home.

And today is December 23! This was not a fun way to spend the days leading up to Christmas but it certainly helped the time pass quickly.
Our giant sympathy-gift poinsettia is maybe our saddest disaster from the big freeze. I should have taken it with me to Kate's....it's looking a bit frostbitten and bedraggled now. But Ellen comes home today and I feel so much better.

Thanks to Kate and Chad. We felt perfectly at home and that's the sign of loving hosts. There were a lot of good moments in this adventure and they were a big part of that.