Mike and Joyce Bolthouse

Today I've been thinking about Mike and Joyce Bolthouse. I worked with Joyce at BVC in Michigan. She was always very patient with me and my budget questions. It seemed like I always had a question about money, and Joyce would alway stop what she was doing and help me.

The main reason I'm thinking about them is my plumbing project today. In the master bathroom of the new house my shower knob decided it would break through my shower faceplate and keep me from turning the water off. I knew what the problem was because Mike taught me about plumbing. He almost single handedly (with a lot of help from Brian, and some help from Andy and Jeremy and myself) build out a full bathroom in my basement in Rockford.

If you are reading this Mike, it was the copper pipes running to my hot and cold were not attached to any studs. It appears as if they never were. nice. So I had to cut into Pam's side of the closet to get access to the plumbing. I build out some support from the studs and attached the copper tubing to it. Bought an access panel and a new shower knob and face plate and shazzam a new shower. I did have to use a hammer to break out a little bit of tile to get the new face plate to fit. But it works!

Mike and Joyce were gifts to me and my family and we were changed because of their graciousness and consistant service to us and the Something community.