So what if a faucet froze? Then you'd probably have a leak when you watered some plants outside. Of course the way to find the leak is to walk into the bedroom and feel the soaking carpet with your feet (you can also identify by listening for that noticeable squish). Then you call the plumber who charges you a reasonable amount to cut a hole in the wall and repair the leak. All in all not too bad.
Then you wash all those towels you used to mop up the water and accidentally launder a glue board. Those little strips of paper with the stickiest stuff ever made. They are used to trap mice, not that I'd ever admit to having a mouse in my house. Since we don't have mice we use them to catch our recluse spiders. I'm glad we have them but I do not recommend washing them. After the drying event you pull off a glob of stretchy, sticky gunk. Of course there are the tell-tale paper pellets to cleanup. After you realize you can't clean it off with alcohol you resort to mother www. She informs you mineral spirits do the job. Of course I do not own mineral spirits so, back to mother www. She tells me WD-40 is 50% mineral spirits. This I own, which enables me to stick my head in a dryer and enjoy some special time while enhaling 50% mineral spirits for 15 minutes. I somehow lack the imagination to enjoy this special time.
Now for the bad news.......the weather of 2011 claimed virtually all the strawberry plants. Bad news for the taste buds and the farm income this year. That means no more strawberry jelly or frozen berries available for me next January. This is why I plant grapes and peaches but I'll sure miss those cute little red berries.
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