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4:58:36 PM James O’Donnell: a girl just told me that she is ten weeks pregnant and i starting thinking about how it would be neat if babies grew in a way that resembled filling in a pie chart. at 10 weeks they would have the right half of a head, upper right torso and one arm
4:58:50 PM James O’Donnell: sonograms would be freaky

...is to make fun videos like this:

You might be a redneck if your husband walks out the back door after declaring he has to pee.

12:11:59 PM Justin Blake: gremlins
12:12:18 PM James O’Donnell: its after midnight somewhere

10:31:46 AM Justin Blake: me and bill aren’t THAT in love
10:31:49 AM Justin Blake: not yet anyway

10:25:58 AM Kari Blake: the dogs are in their room and the boy is wearing pants
10:26:09 AM Kari Blake: we’re ready for company

Did you know that Justin’s a pretty good plumber? That’s if you don’t count the utility room sink he installed. Our laundry room has flooded a couple times since that sink was put in. Don’t hold that against him though, all his other plumbing projects have turned out well.

Well, a couple nights ago our pipes froze. One broke and Justin had to fix it. He had to replace this:

Something needed to be done to prevent that from happening again. Lowes was out of pipe insulation and our pressure tank was in REALLY bad shape, so leaving the water running in the house all night wasn’t a smart idea. Justin decided that Saturday would be a good day to replace the pressure tank.

Saturday morning we woke up to sleet coming down, but Justin and his dad braved the 30° weather and got a new pressure tank. Note they also found pipe insulation.

First you have to cut the old tank loose

Next you open the directions that came with the new pressure tank.

Then you toss them aside because you didn’t buy all of the supplies it says you need. Who really needs directions anyway? I mean, what’s the worst that could happen?

See, Blake men don’t need no stinkin’ directions. They got the new tank installed and we still have water!

They then put the insulation on the pipes. And you want to know what? We got another heavy frost last night and despite all of their effort our pipes still froze.

9:53:53 AM Bill Evans: yesterday I created a pocket universe with the vacuum created by an ear candle

Kari: Don’t wear your hood up.
Me: But it makes me look like Donnie Darko.
Kari: It makes you look like Donnie Dorko.