Country Livin' #2

[Nè 'Eleos]

Well...
It has been an eventful Summer! Had company over 4th of July. That morning woke to power failure. Guest already up showered, thereby using up all the pressure in the pressure tank (she didn't know!), so no water pressure and no coffee/breakfast for any. Bundled them up and went to breakfast in town after Baby-Wipe showers all around (you learn to keep these in the house

Days later water pressure went bad. Water/well people said, "Sorry, pump failure." So there we were next day pulling down well pipe and pump - 60 feet of it. Have good pressure, new pump, and $1100 dollar decreased savings.

Woke today at 7:30 AM to the sound of large equipment. Clock was blinking from power failure. 13 1/2 hour power outage, temporarily repaired by stringing large bypass cable thru' the trees from point A (my underground transformer) to point B (my neighbor's transformer). Since the fault was between the two, I had power all the day, having only lost it from 3 AM to 7.

But the joy, beauty, and quietude of country living renews the spirit...Ŋє۱Єlєοѕ

[Hallelujah]

Gotta love those baby wipes!

Sorry about all the trouble you had, but I agree with you about country living.

[AREA666]

Baby wipes are indeed fun, I got to use them all the time in Kuwait and Iraq.

Just think though, with all of these fun adventures you are having, you are now one step further along for preparations for the inevitable zombie attacks.

[Hallelujah]

Zombies? What zombies? Where?

[Nè 'Eleos]

Area, you old mind reader, you!
...one step further along for preparations for the inevitable zombie attacks.

How did you know I had "Left 4 Dead" waiting on my K:/drive, urgently demanding my attention? ...Ŋє۱Єlєοѕ

...and you're right. Baby-wipes are a godsend. I once went 9 days w/o water touching my body on a pack-in fishing trip!

[Nè 'Eleos]

Hal;

Yesssss! Country living: life at its best. Tho' we did have a cold front move thru' about 3 weeks back, snow on the mountain down to about 9000 ft., temp fell 55 degrees in one day! Brrrrrr!

I usually pick/can blackberries about this time of year, but they didn't come in well this year, and I'm getting low on last year's jams and jellies. And I will definitely miss my blackberry syrup on cornmeal griddlecakes if I run out of that! ...Ŋє۱Єlєοѕ

[Night Ω Wolfe]

Aug 24, 2009 21:44:36 GMT -5 AREA666 said:

Baby wipes are indeed fun, I got to use them all the time in Kuwait and Iraq.

Just think though, with all of these fun adventures you are having, you are now one step further along for preparations for the inevitable zombie attacks.

ROFLOL!!! Now you sound like my brother-in-law

So WOW And I thought I had it bad!!! Constant small power surges in all my apartment's wiring that kills computers and burns out light bulbs way faster than they should, fridge that has had the defrost timer go 3 times in the last 6 yrs thus spoiling all the food in the fridge, never having actual paint over the primer on the walls making it impossible to clean them, etc, etc, etc. Ohhh AND really annoying neighbors in the apartment below mine!!!!

I have to agree though, the country is BEAUTIFUL and soooo serene! I've always wanted to live in the country!

[Nè 'Eleos]

Hi Wolfe! Long time no...

And like The Bill said, "I feel your pain." Apartment living I couldn't do again. Well, I could, having had much practice at home (small house, big family) and college dorms. But I wouldn't go quietly!

As for the icky neighbor below, here's a tho't ----

...Ŋє۱Єlєοѕ