Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Death of the Well
The last couple of days we've had intermittent problems with the water. It'll be flowing just fine, then it stops. It comes back within minutes, but it's bothersome....and foreboding. This morning Colin had to end his shower early as the water quit on him twice. It quit during my shower, too....after I'd rinsed my hair thankfully!! Then by 11am it quit entirely. I got Kyle up, he called his friend Bruce over, and they determined that the well was dry. So Jeff Vice came with the pumper from Station 2 and a few other firemen showed up and ran water into the well. So that's how we know the well wasn't dry because they didn't get 50 gallons in and the water came shooting out of the top. So it looks as if the pump isn't working. There's a switch in the basement that could be the problem or it could be the pump itself.....at the bottom of our 375ft drilled well. Brian Jenack is coming by in the morning with a friend who knows these things and can test that switch. So now here's hoping that that switch in the basement is kaput and we can replace that and be done with it.
Meanwhile, I had Kyle bring in a bucket of water from the creek to use to make the toilet flush and told the boys they can go outside. He and Colin have run in to Peggy's for now to use the facilities there....I have no desire to run the risk of clogging a toilet when we've got no water. I think I'd have a screaming breakdown and run howling madly out of the house.
Pretty pretty please let it be that switch!
Meanwhile, I had Kyle bring in a bucket of water from the creek to use to make the toilet flush and told the boys they can go outside. He and Colin have run in to Peggy's for now to use the facilities there....I have no desire to run the risk of clogging a toilet when we've got no water. I think I'd have a screaming breakdown and run howling madly out of the house.
Pretty pretty please let it be that switch!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Migraines
Colin has another one. Poor kid. All this gorgeous weather and the bright white sky makes his head scream.
I think I had a migraine once. I remember as a teenager having this one headache and the silence hurt but any noise hurt, the darkness helped a little but if anybody even cracked open the door I'd sob. But it was a one time thing and was over in the same day. These ones Colin gets last for days. The last one was a four day event from day one until the recovery day where the headache part is gone but there's hypersensitivity to stimuli still. I guess my cousin Josh used to get them, and a second cousin Reilly gets them, too, so there's some family history there. It's also common in the puberty years. His seem to come on with dramatic weather changes. I guess I should just watch the barometer and start dosing him with meds when it jumps around a bit! Gah. I hope he grows out of it, and quickly. If we catch it right at the beginning we can head it off at the pass....but this time we chalked those early symptoms up to the cold he's had. And then it was too late. Any advice on tips and tricks to avoid them or alleviate them are always welcome! We may have tried it already, but hey -- any help is appreciated! Or even shared stories!
I think I had a migraine once. I remember as a teenager having this one headache and the silence hurt but any noise hurt, the darkness helped a little but if anybody even cracked open the door I'd sob. But it was a one time thing and was over in the same day. These ones Colin gets last for days. The last one was a four day event from day one until the recovery day where the headache part is gone but there's hypersensitivity to stimuli still. I guess my cousin Josh used to get them, and a second cousin Reilly gets them, too, so there's some family history there. It's also common in the puberty years. His seem to come on with dramatic weather changes. I guess I should just watch the barometer and start dosing him with meds when it jumps around a bit! Gah. I hope he grows out of it, and quickly. If we catch it right at the beginning we can head it off at the pass....but this time we chalked those early symptoms up to the cold he's had. And then it was too late. Any advice on tips and tricks to avoid them or alleviate them are always welcome! We may have tried it already, but hey -- any help is appreciated! Or even shared stories!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Fukitol Day
So this morning I declared today to be Fukitol Day here at our house. Colin gets to blow off school and catch up on some sleep, and nobody is going to be given any chores....no expectations. Kyle and I both have the day off. Right now it's sunny and waaaarm out there...it's supposed to rain this afternoon. Hopefully that will wash away the last of the ice and snow. The back yard is a pocked skating rink in the shade of the trees and buildings. I took the doggies out front this morning and realized that the neighbor's dog has used our front lawn as her personal potty for the season....that will have to be picked up. But not on Fukitol Day!! I changed the litter and put the trash out because there's no choice in that, and I'll do some laundry because it's easy. But really....today is Fukitol Day and I have no plans, no chores, no projects...nada.
We're going to have a Saint Patrick's Day party on Saturday. Nothing big, nothing fancy, just getting our friends together, eating good food, drinking like we can handle it, and enjoying the early days of spring weather. Anybody is welcome to come, but I'm not going to advertise it. I'll have fun this week planning the menu!
I'll be heading down to Syracuse at some point to pick up my mother. Glen's house and affairs are just about settled, and she'll be going into a home to spend her last days. I guess they're at a doctor's this morning where they'll learn more about how much time she'll have left now that she's foregoing further treatment. There's a lot of madness down there. I'll miss Glen, when she's gone. I'm glad that we all got back in touch and had a few years to spend together.
Alright -- off to surf Pinterest!! lol If you haven't found it yet you're missing the revolution!!!
Happy Fukitol Day!!
We're going to have a Saint Patrick's Day party on Saturday. Nothing big, nothing fancy, just getting our friends together, eating good food, drinking like we can handle it, and enjoying the early days of spring weather. Anybody is welcome to come, but I'm not going to advertise it. I'll have fun this week planning the menu!
I'll be heading down to Syracuse at some point to pick up my mother. Glen's house and affairs are just about settled, and she'll be going into a home to spend her last days. I guess they're at a doctor's this morning where they'll learn more about how much time she'll have left now that she's foregoing further treatment. There's a lot of madness down there. I'll miss Glen, when she's gone. I'm glad that we all got back in touch and had a few years to spend together.
Alright -- off to surf Pinterest!! lol If you haven't found it yet you're missing the revolution!!!
Happy Fukitol Day!!
OMG -- Spring!!
Every window in my house is open! It's spring! OMG....time to start getting in shape for summer. Ugh! Well, I did some good grocery shopping this last go round. I did that thing they recommend where you only shop the perimeter of the grocery store, going down aisles only when I needed a specific product. I ended up with a cart full of fruit, veggies and dairy -- but hey, that's a good thing, right? I mean, I got my coffee (of course!!), and picked up some Health-full breads. Have you tried those? Mmmmm! I've always liked Arnold breads so I was happy to try this out. I got coupons and information on it as part of a Bzz Campaign (see www.bzzagent.com and tell them Saille sent you!) and gave them a try -- mmmmm! Nice to have healthy bread that doesn't taste like chalk.....anyway! I'll be making some tasty salads, sandwiches, and snacks. I've really got to get walking...I think the last of the snow will go away today. It's supposed to rain this afternoon and that will wash a lot of it away. Maybe I can get down to a size 12 this summer as planned!
Ah....it's good to dream! lolol
Ah....it's good to dream! lolol
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Allez, Allez, In Come Free!!
Did you used to shout that at the end of a game of Hide and Seek? When either the seeker has caught some poorly hidden hider or finally given up and decided it sucked to wander around alone, knowing they're all snickering quietly at you as you peer into empty corners looking for them? I really have no idea where it started, if everybody says it, where I learned it....nada.
Hide and Seek. Now there was a game. If you didn't lose the game of One Potato you got to show off how well you knew your area, and your awesome ninja skills, by becoming a shadow...a puff of smoke...an invisible agent hiding from your enemy! And this is not as easy as it sounds because you have to find a hidey hole that the other neighbor kids aren't going to beat you to because they're faster runners, but you need to get going or your little brothers are going to be tagging along and they ALWAYS get caught because they're little, aka slow and stupid, and if you get caught you'll have to be IT. And being IT always sucked. If you kept tagging the little ones Mom would eventually yell....and they really couldn't be IT anyway, not being able to really count past 10 yet. If you somehow managed to find one of the older kids, well, they could outrun you with their shoelaces tied together anyway, so they'd be back at Safe before you could even get up to speed. So there you are, wandering around the yard hoping that you'll somehow sneak up on that one other kid who maybe won't see you coming, who you can tag and escape the hell of being IT for at least another turn, once again getting to show off your mad ninja skills hiding under the car or the bushes or the shed or where ever.
The brutal lessons of childhood: If they're bigger and faster then they're going to have an advantage and all you can do is cross your fingers and HOPE maybe you'll outwit them just one time. Otherwise they're just going to keep trouncing you and if you whine about it they'll do it even worse and call you a baby and not let you play anymore. If they're younger you have to give them special treatment because you're bigger and faster, and if you don't the authorities will force you, so you really can't ever beat them, either. All you can really do is play along and hope that sometimes you'll get your shot to be the winner.
I'm pretty sure everything I needed to know about life I learned playing Hide and Seek....
Hide and Seek. Now there was a game. If you didn't lose the game of One Potato you got to show off how well you knew your area, and your awesome ninja skills, by becoming a shadow...a puff of smoke...an invisible agent hiding from your enemy! And this is not as easy as it sounds because you have to find a hidey hole that the other neighbor kids aren't going to beat you to because they're faster runners, but you need to get going or your little brothers are going to be tagging along and they ALWAYS get caught because they're little, aka slow and stupid, and if you get caught you'll have to be IT. And being IT always sucked. If you kept tagging the little ones Mom would eventually yell....and they really couldn't be IT anyway, not being able to really count past 10 yet. If you somehow managed to find one of the older kids, well, they could outrun you with their shoelaces tied together anyway, so they'd be back at Safe before you could even get up to speed. So there you are, wandering around the yard hoping that you'll somehow sneak up on that one other kid who maybe won't see you coming, who you can tag and escape the hell of being IT for at least another turn, once again getting to show off your mad ninja skills hiding under the car or the bushes or the shed or where ever.
The brutal lessons of childhood: If they're bigger and faster then they're going to have an advantage and all you can do is cross your fingers and HOPE maybe you'll outwit them just one time. Otherwise they're just going to keep trouncing you and if you whine about it they'll do it even worse and call you a baby and not let you play anymore. If they're younger you have to give them special treatment because you're bigger and faster, and if you don't the authorities will force you, so you really can't ever beat them, either. All you can really do is play along and hope that sometimes you'll get your shot to be the winner.
I'm pretty sure everything I needed to know about life I learned playing Hide and Seek....
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Have you checked this out yet? These about.me pages are pretty cool. It's kind of like a central hub....it's a handy spot to put all the links to all the various things you do and have it all in one spot. If somebody wants to check out who you are and what you're about they can use your about.me page. You can edit it to look any way you want: professional, humorous, sarcastic, epic, whatever! So stop in and check mine out and make your own! I learned about mine as a Bzz Agent....part of a group who tries out products and services in a trial setting and then lets others know what we think.
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