It's the little things

You know how when you get into the shower you just anticipate the water will be hot? Yes....it's one of those things we take for granted. Well our water heater has slowly been dying. The pilot light just wouldn't stay lit. I'd have to go turn it on, wait for about half an hour & then we'd get moderately warm to luke warm water. I just can't handle that. Showering was becoming an ordeal & I probably would have needed counseling from cold water shock therapy. I was looking online at a couple large retailers for a water heater & they're pretty expensive....not including installation. Did I mention our water heater is UPSTAIRS?? So I did what we've done before & called one of the members of our bishopric....Billy Boyle. He's a contractor (well, I don't know if that's his official job but he has a license). He's helped us before with a minor(ish) repair to the girls bathroom. I called him yesterday morning. He said he'd come take a look at our water heater after he got off work, then go over to Home Depot, pick one up & come install it. Just like that. Wow. And thanks for letting us borrow him Kylie! Since all this was done while Coray was at work, Billy called another member of our ward, Ethan Featherstone, to come help him with getting the old one downstairs. Ethan's wife Amber is a good friend & had just been over watching the girls while I was at chemo yesterday afternoon. So Amber came back over with Ethan & let the girls eat half her dinner (some yummy looking pasta salad that she brought with her) while the guys changed out the water heater. I've said it before & I'll say it again....I don't know what we'd do without the church. We'd be out a lot of money that's for sure. Our ward is fantastic. Just the day before our neighbor & friend Darren Jepson had been over helping Coray with some caulking repairs to the shower & tub. And all of the ladies who've helped us with babysitting while I'm at my various doctor's appointments, there are too many to even name. Anyway, the heater wasn't exactly cheap but it definitely saved us a good chunk of change & the service....yeah, that was worth every penny. It's such a pretty water heater, I just want to hug it. lol Now excuse me while I go take a nice, HOT shower! :-)