Who Woulda Thunk It?

Today, as I tried to fill the sink with hot, soapy water to clean the kitchen, I could not get hot water to save my soul. HHMMM, we have one of those tankless, on-demand type water heaters, and over a year ago my Darling Husband showed me how to re-start it since when it is really windy, the pilot will blow out. Up to the closet I go to check...yep I don't hear it blowing like usual, but darned if I can remember how he told me to start it up again. Oh well, he will be home soon. I will start dinner - I needed to cook noodles and chicken to bake a cassarole. HHHMMM, the burners aren't lighting very well. I did just clean the top of the stove, sometimes that igniter gets damp and it takes a minute. Yep, now it lit. Turn on the oven for pre-heating- that's not lighting right either, just clicking, not heating up. Time for a call to DH. He's on his way home so I tell him there's a problem with the gas - seems like we aren't getting enough gas, even on high, the flame is like low with the stove burners. Exasperated sigh on his end. Then I get a call from DH before he gets here. I know what your gas problem is, Honey, they are digging on the road next to ours to lay some fiber-optic cables and hit a gas line - I know why you can't get enough gas, it has something to do with it all rushing out of that big hole! OK, well I guess I can't cook dinner then. Yes you can, Baby, we have that kitchen in the basement and it has an electric cook top and the microwave. I find out the microwave is not convection cooking, like I thought it was, but we got out the big toaster oven to bake the cassarole. DH gets all puffed up for saving the dinner - the basement kitchen had not even crossed MY mind. What would you have done with out me?, DH asked. Well, we would have sacraficed and gone out to my favorite restaurant for dinner. Oh, darn, why didn't the electricity go out too?