The freeze

Last Sunday and Monday we were almost to 80 degrees here is Austin. It was great. The smell of BBQ was in the air, kids were running around barefoot, I was in heaven. Then the storm hit. Tuesday we dropped down to 17. That is very cold for Austin. People don't even own coats. After being in our house 3 days we woke up this morning to no water. After double checking that we had actually remembered to call and hook up the water we realized our pipes were frozen. They don't build houses for that kind of cold here. The only thing to do is wait until it warms up. They say it should get warmer in a few days. Lets hope it doesn't take that long. The good thing is we still have the duplex, just wrote the check for the vacant place this morning. So we are back to showering and getting ready over there.