I Am Despicably Unobservant

In my defense, I was simultaneously making these incredible cookies and watching Two For The Money.  However, in the mean time my front yard looked like this:

Ok, this is my side yard 2 years ago as captured by neighbor cuz I missed it too, but then I was at work.  But you get the picture.  A geyser of a water main break.  

Half of our neighbors have been without water since this morning.  We didn't lose ours 'til the geyser.  In the mean time, there is quite the sink hole in front of our front walkway, which is no biggie cuz we ripped out the front steps this weekend anyways.  More on that later.