Angela’s Events

We live in a small town. We do not have access to city water, so we all have well water. We have a softener, but go through at least 8 bags of salt each month. Our rust is so bad here, that if I do not spray our bathtub with The Works cleaning spray every week, within 3 weeks, our tub is orange. Our water has a sulfer smell to it and though it is drinkable, I refuse to drink it! We have been buying bottle water ever since we moved here almost 7 years ago.

Well, last week we got a new softener put in. One that is more efficient. One in which we should not need to use near as much salt as we have been. At the same time that we changed softeners, we also had them install a reverse osmosis system in our home.

We have had a refrigerator that had an ice maker and water output. However, it was never set up because we wanted good water, not that nasty well water. So, after the reverse osmosis system was put in, we hooked up our ice maker and now….we have wonderful drinking water. I was afraid of it at first….and I mean VERY afraid. How can this system improve my well water that much! Let me tell you that it did! And one of my favorite thing is the crushed ice! It is also my kids’ favorite things. They have been munching on crushed ice all weekend long! It is so fun! I know….We sound like an easily amused family. But I have been secretly jealous of all of my friends who have been able to get crushed ice anytime they wanted.

We do have to pay more money every month for these new things, however, we no longer need to buy bottled water. It actually evens out in the end. But even if we were paying a little more monthly, it is all worth it! I mean is there really a price tag that you can put on the joy of having crushed ice anytime you want?