When you are a "homeowner", on occasion you are tasked with making minor home repairs. Spring is always a good the of the year to do these little chores. During the winter and ensuing spring breakup, we had a little problem occur with our waste disposal depository. If you are in the trades, it is called a septic tank. Anytime you are having to work with waste disposal systems, it is a nasty job. During the breakup, the earth moved and disconnected one of our stand pipes to the septic tank. Working on a septic tank will normally require the local excavator to bring in their equipment and dig up the yard. Unless, you are married to a homestead girl.

Assessing the task, despite the fact that we were concerned with the frost remaining in the ground, my lovely bride went to work with her basic hand tools. What a lady, within a few hours after my guidance of what to look for, she discovered the outlet for the stand pipe. Yesterday, she cleaned the area around the stand pipe, re-seated and secured the stand pipe, insulated it to hopefully eliminate the problem in the future, and refilled the hole that she had to dig to get to the problem. By sunset on the second day, she left the tank in better condition than when it was installed. For those that do not know my bride, she is a tough little gal and there are not to many jobs that she cannot accomplish when she puts her mind to it. As for me, I offered her technical advise but someone had to sit on the deck and take pictures.