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Thanks for your note, Kim. It sure is an adjustment and you really become aware of how much we take it for granted when we turn our faucets on!
I forgot to mention that they had a pup tent set up over it for most of the time so they were pretty warm but then needed more room for changing some parts over from the old to the new so they had to take the tent off, leaving them at the mercy of a good stiff wind that measured down to -26 below zero F.!!

Isn't that the way it goes though, Gil? Everything seems to just wait till it's bad weather to cause problems!! Yes, we're really grateful to our friend for coming to our rescue---neither of us know anything about replacing a water pump so he was a real blessing! He had it all planned out and the switch went really fast.

Thanks for your note, Kathy. Yes, it's above ground---this is a deep well jet pump, not a submersible that's down in the well. And no it didn't freeze--old age got to it (17 years of use). It's all wrapped with heat tape and thick layers of insulation then covered, so it won't freeze. The old one had been acting up for the last 3 months and finally just gave up the ghost a few days ago. Just wish it would have happened on a warm summer day instead of in dead winter.

chuckling...loved your term "frostbitey", Gene! :D
People on city water and gas have it good most of the time compared to those of us out on our own in the country, Duane. Count your blessings! :-)

Thanks so much for all the well wishes, Mindi! Yup, they got the pump changed in less time than I thought it could be done, and we're back with water again---thank heavens!! It's snowing today so we're getting a nice "warm blanket" over us right before the temps plummet again Sunday. :-)

Thanks for your comments, Dave and Karen! :-)
I grew up till I was 12 with no running water in the house but it's been many many years and this wasn't a fun memory to resurrect. :P We hauled water from a friend's, in bottles and pails, for drinking and the bathroom. I'm just grateful I don't have cattle or horses anymore that had to be watered!! It was a really good thing they did it that day---it started snowing that night and snowed for the last 2 days and now the temps are plunging fast to way below zero.

chuckling.....Ingrid, this was for all you nice warm people in southern states, to show you how the other half lives for 6 months of the year!! :D