- Slept in until 9:30 a.m.

- Lumbered outside to see if our chickens survived the freeze (they did)

- Heard a cracking sound and then witnessed our outdoor spigot erupt

- Ran over to the curb to turn off the water main

- Went back to the site of the eruption and dug a hole looking for the PVC pipe joint, thinking it would unscrew and I could replace it

- Found the joint, but no luck on the unscrewing idea

- Texted my handyman friend who told me I'd need to cut the pipe below the break, and then join it with a "union"

- Went to local hardware store, bought the necessary stuff

- Much to my surprise, I successfully fixed the pipe

- Had a sense of satisfaction

- Went about my day

- About 30 minutes later I was informed by my lovely wife that the water pressure was low

- Went out to check the pipe, and saw that it was fine, but another pipe inside of our shop was gushing water like crazy

- Apparently the ice had thawed and caused another pipe to break

- Turned off the water main again

- Went to hardware store again

- Capped the new broken pipe, turned the water back on and then frowned when I realized it was still leaking

- Went to hardware store again

- Capped the pipe again

- The cap held this time (thankfully)