Water heater no more

This week we had an interesting experience....our water heater exploded, yes, literally exploded on Wednesday. Unfortunately, it managed to soak through the walls, into the carpet and all through our garage cabinets! It gets better, Mark had just left for work about an hour an a half before and his parents were here! We heard a huge thud that went across the house and couldn't figure out where it came from...until for some reason I decided to check the water heater! Glad I did! So $5500 in estimated damages later, we are now in the process of getting it all fixed! Thank GOD for homeowners insurance!!! All in all the visit was focused on that but we did manage to get in a trip to the zoo and a couple dinners out.

Mark and I are in another cycling race down in Tucson next weekend. This will be my sht to get Platinum qualification before the 109 Tour de Tucson ride in November so 70 miles in 3:15 minutes are our goal....that means no stops! My brother, Andy, will be saying witht he kids since mom and Dave will be in Tahoe. This is a huge test of our trust in him....it's only about 30 hours so he'll be fine :)