Monday, Monday

Cliff has been ecstatic that, after this long spell of frigid weather, no pipes have frozen... either here at the trailer house or over at the old house where his sister lives. Yesterday she came over to eat hamburger soup with us, and I mentioned to her that the only thing in the old house that has ever frozen is the bathtub drain.

She got in the shower last night, and guess what?

Yep, the bathtub drain was frozen. We are rather surprised that this happened, since there's such a deep snow cover on the ground.

So today, Cliff and I will be trying to fix that little problem. It still beats water pipes freezing and bursting, though; my part in "fixing the problem" will mainly be standing around just in case Cliff needs a hand with something.

Have you ever done something that cost a fee and, the minute you got it done, a light-bulb moment happened and you said, "Oh no, why didn't I just do this?"

I called India this morning (I think that was the place) to talk to a Linksys support guy and get my wireless network secured; at some point in the conversation, he told me that since it had been more than six months since I bought my router, there would be a fee of $39 for his help. Hey, it was worth that to me, so I got out the credit card. My Internet is now password protected.

I no sooner got off the phone when it hit me that I could have bought a new router for less than $39, and I would have had free support. Duh.

Anyway, I can quit worrying about that now, thanks to the reader who mentioned in comments that she had called the manufacturer for help a couple of times.

At some point after we (hopefully) get the sister-in-law's drain thawed, I intend to take Sadie for a walk in the pasture. There are some deep drifts, but we'll manage!