My friend Chip – feeling jovial and getting ready for a week of good cheer and fa la la la’s – came home to the noise of water running.

So anyhow, I took half the day off to meet the people that came out to fix my silly leak.  Turns out the main line busted coming out of the ground.

Yes, it was my fault, I didn’t shut ALL the vents around the house.  The one the was closest to the pipe is the one that is so hidden you forget it’s there.

Lessons learned: 1) Close your crawl space vents during the winter to protect your pipes, and 2) If you see your water needle spinning, you have a leak.

Sorry, Mr. Chip. Hope you  manage to have a Merry Christmas anyway!