Actually the van is going away. We've determined that the engine is seized up. I advertised it for sale today as a parts vehicle. Failing that I'll have the disposal team pick it up.

Thay are crushing the cars on site and shipping them away to be melted down and recycled. Yeah, I know, I was shocked too.

Today Gordon and I replaced the water line for the house. We'd been limping along with a leaky garden hose. Now it's all new Schedule 80 PVC. We spent the day digging trenches and hacking through undergrowth with the machete to run the two hundred feet down to the meter. This afternoon Gordon was getting into his van after a long hard day and he stepped in water. There was a pond next to the house. Somehow we'd managed to put one joint together without glue!

So now our front lawn looks like a construction site with a trench, piles of dirt, a wheelbarrow and lots of concrete slabs out of place. We have our work cut out for us getting it back in order.