Holy moly!! After telling you guys all about the gloriousness of our recirculating pump and the timer that we put on it, I unintentionally put it to the test this morning.  I got up about an hour before the recirculating pump was scheduled to kick in and I cannot put into words how cold the shower was that I took this morning – I had the shower turned all the way to “hot” and the water took so long to get through the pipes that I was finished with my shower by the time it started to get really warm.  Yowza!!  That is all the proof I needed that our recirculating pump really works!!!