Yep, Mama is going to have to think more on town living. In 8 days, I have almost done myself in twice. The first time was between me, a septic tank and the tree that my father-in-law let his brother plant right beside the septic tank. After finding out that I had a full septic tank, I had to dig where the clean-out hole is supposed to be only to find a 2 inch tree root growing right down into that hole. I forgot about the branch just above my head when I stood up from a squatting position, scrapped my forehead, rammed my glasses right into my left cheek bone and landed on my sitbones. I was glad for 2 things. My 3 month old glasses didn’t break and I had chosen Polycarb Lenses. At least my eye was protected. I will wear that crescent bruise proudly while I am cutting down that tree with my electric chain saw. Just give me a couple more days to get around to that project. My second mishap. The guy we have doing the clean-up here broke a water pipe Sunday afternoon. He didn’t know where we turn the water off and thought we were gone. So, he couldn’t do anything. Elwood was visiting a friend and I was taking a nap. When I got up, no water in the house. So, I went hunting for the problem and about 400’ up the hill I see this nice fountain of water coming up out of the ground. Went to the main electric panel and turned off the well. Then, shut the gate valve to the water tank. It was late and by the time I got back from Lowe’s it was after dark and we decided to wait until morning. Monday morning, I went up the hill to do the repair and saw that the guy who had broken it had fixed it. So, I move on to my project. Another water leak closer to the house. Got out of my car, walked under the clothes line to the faucet I needed to repair, saw what I needed, turned around to go back to my car and get what I needed. Walked right into that clothes line I had walked under less than a minute earlier. Caught me right on my forehead. I was tickled out of my mind that the clothes line wasn’t 6 inches lower. Just not in the mood for chin-ups with the clothes line right now. Fixed that leak and all seemed to be going well. Again, I turn the well back on, check the pressure gauge and start turning off faucets again. Again, by the time I get back to the house, no water pressure. On the hunt again and find that the pipe our friend had fixed where he broke it had blown out of it’s coupling from underground. Turn off the water again and grab my favorite shovel. Elwood came up and was going to take over the digging. He had developed Carpal Tunnel and I told him to just have the primer and glue ready when I get ready to put it back together. When I got down to the fitting, I was in really good luck. The coupling wasn’t split or broken. Just nobody had used primer on the pipe when it was originally put in and very little glue. I personally think that pipe blowing up out of the ground would have been a sight to see. Too bad I missed it. All is well for now. I just need to put myself where all I have to think about is a clean house and nice flower bed. Just getting too old to continue being Wonder Woman. You know,.look at me and wonder what the hell I am up to now. Night All.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:11:15 +0000
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