This hot bootay has gone cold....

So today we went out for our Christmas tree.  We brought it home and Jimmy is working on the lights.  I will cover that in tomorrows post.

After setting up the tree for Jimmy, I went outside to fix the pump in the pond.  The pump stopped working and needs immediate attention.  Did I say it is cold here?

So, the pond is about four feet deep and the pump is at the bottom, UNDER THE WATER!  Did I say it was cold here?

I climbed into the water, water that is about three million, seven hundred forty five thousand, eight hundred ninety seven and a half degrees below zero!  Oh, it is cold here!  Even the frost on the plants looked warm to me then!  I reached, bare handed into the water to work on the pump and it took about 40 minutes.  My once hot bootay, is now shivering and blue (and yes, we shall never talk about this again!!!!).  When my hands could hardly hold the screwdriver anymore, a miracle happened!  The pump started working!  A wonderful burst of water, flowing rapidly over the waterfall in sheets of white water happiness!!!  I screeched "At last, at last, at long last!!"  I curled my frozen phelangies (note how extremely smart I is by using that word instead of fingers)......I curled my frozen fingers around my screwdriver and climbed slowly out of the pond.  I turned to look at my handiwork, and the pump STOPPED, AGAIN!!!!

I climbed back in, spent about another ten minutes working on it all over again.  When I got fed up and wanted to cry from the cold, I decided to get the heck out and warm up for a spell.  I walked into the garage, just feet from the warmth of the house, and a thought dawned on me.  Circuit Breaker????

So, now, with the flick of a little switch, the Koi are now happy again!!!!  I myself, am just cold.  I hear the heating pad calling for me.  Can you hear it?  It is like Barbara Streisand in Yentl - "Hot Pad can you hear me.......Hot Pad can see me.....Hot pad are you near me.....(come on, sing it with me!!!)