Dead Ants = No Water

Tonight’s dinner came together in a flash thanks to some prep work this weekend. My mother in law’s boyfriend and I cooked up a batch of homemade chicken soup and all I had to do this evening was reheat it and add noodles to the broth.

Our noodles of choice?

Little baby noodle bits!

They make chicken noodle soup so much fun.

Ryan is actually quite a bit sniffly this evening, so I’m hoping this soup has the healing powers most chicken noodle soups seem to possess.

In case you’re in the market for an awesome chicken noodle soup recipe, I highly recommend my mom’s homemade chicken noodle soup. It’s happiness in a bowl.

Dead Ants = No Water

The rest of our evening was spent outside with Sadie.

While playing in the backyard, we turned on the hose to water some flowers and the water stopped. When we went inside all of the water in the house was off, too! This was bad news since I was fermenting and still hadn’t showered after this morning’s workout. (I’m disgusting, I know.)

After reading the packet of information about the home that the owner’s left us, we read that sometimes dead ants get into some circuit and cause the water to turn off. By the time we realized we might be able to fix the issue, it was dark outside, so Ryan grabbed his headlamp (he loves any excuse to use that thing) and we headed out back with an old tooth brush (as instructed!) and brushed the dead ants off the circuit.

When we came back inside and turned of the faucet, we had water again.

And I am now freshly showered, curled up on the couch ready to watch The Sing Off.

Bring on the a cappella!