I finished planting my gardens today. Did some math. Laughed at the chicken's antics. Surfed the web. Watched the evening rain.
What did you do today?
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Phish, have you signed on to Chicken Forum yet? Pretty interesting folks in there.
Yup, been there, done that, have way too many sites to keep up with.
I hear you. I was just curious.
Chris
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Today I am taking the baby to the doc for a cough then going to a few meeting for work and maybe doing some work on the sand rail so I can put it up for sale depending on weather, supposed to rain today.
Chris
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Hope she does.
Today I will continue work in the garage.
Today I will continue work in the garage.
Any word yet?
Chris
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I hate headaches. That is all.
Late last night I heard she made it through OK with no seizures as a by product form the anesthesia , but she's back in dialisis today, so we'll see how it goes.
I had a good talk at her last I saw her. She can move her head yes and no, I told her how much I missed our talks ( I used to talk to her a couple of hours a week) and let her know I was taking care of my siblings and her dog. I needed her to understand it was OK to stop fighting it. She's been stuck like this for over a year now and she's ready to go.
Me too. I get them when it rains and we've had a lot of rain this year.
I'm very sorry to hear this Austin. That is a rough time in everyone's life. How many miles away is her hospital?
Chris
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I'm gonna fire my plumber today. Supposed to video a lateral on Monday and flaked, New inspection for today at 8am called said he would be an hour and a half late. Last time I checked you are not allowed to be an hour and a half late.
No, please, don't fire me, boss! I swear, I am leaving the house right now!
You and your mother will be in my thoughts.
I am really close to my Mom.
I am really close to my Mom.
Chris
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They ended up not charging me but I don't care about that part, showing up on time and being ready is more important. He was supposed to show up at 8am, got a call at 9am that he was at my house and the inspector was already on job as I was stalling him. Thank god the jobsite was only five minutes from home. He got to the jobsite and the battery to his camera was dead so we had to wait for him to charge it before we could get started. It was embarrassing to say the least. Won't happen again, I can guarantee that.
120 miles round trip, but it's through the worst traffic in Texas so it can take up to three hours one way sometimes.
I'm sorry to hear that. Have you had issues with him in the past?
I know this is the "today" post, but I was too exhausted to post yesterday.
yesterday I learned that apparently the rules for septic tanks and field lines here are quite different than when a mechanical system is being installed and that it is much tougher to pass inspection for the former.
I'm trying to find a way to tell the short version. Septic tank guy (we'll call him Larry-- not his real name) was an hour late, which held up the digging process. Then it took awhile for the septic tank to be brought because the delivery guy got a bit lost (GPS directions are dead wrong for my area and there are missing road signs and the road has a very slow speed limit).
The co-worker of the installer and the health inspector have the same first name, which made for some fun. The three guys got along well and had some good laughs. There were some things that had to be changed-- angles and such. Apparently the rules in this Parish for septic tanks are more stringent than the rules for mechanical systems. They had to constantly check elevation while digging the trenches. They had to reroute because the incline proved to be too steep in an area. So they needed parts they didn't have and had to go into town.
The health inspector got stuck in a ditch after his lunch break and had to be pulled out and when the installer was going to get lunch and a 4" elbow, a rock flew up and put a hole in his radiator.
I helped carry the infiltrator segments over to speed up the process. I drove the co-worker into town (which took over 20 min each way bc of my roads) to get StopLeak for the radiator so the guys could get home after the job.
The rerouting of the lines ended up having one of my waterlines hit so they capped it. My mother later griped that she wanted the water line re-run and that I should have asked her-- nevermind that she refused to come outside at all and wouldn't communicate with me when I tried to talk to her. It was a line to a water faucet that was broken anyway. We haven't used it in over 5 years and its in an area we don't go to.
Sadly, the new positioning put the lines over a spot where we back the car up so we can't drive there anymore. I mentioned that we were backing up there bc of the fallen oak branch that we never got removed that is in the driveway. The installer's assistant overheard me and moved the branch with the backhoe.
It ended up costing a little more because they had to put in more pipe and stuff than expected, but it was still on par with what other installers said they would charge. The health inspector said they did a good job and was pleased.
I got some sunburn, but I am so glad to have that new system in place. I would have done some things differently if I could do it over again. I would have insisted they come out and check elevation in the field beforehand-- which I think they really should have done in the first place.
The installer arrived around 8:25am but didn't leave until after 5pm because he had to spend about 30 minutes after the installation was done just trying to get his radiator to stop leaking before he felt safe driving away.
Both the inspector and installer left with damaged vehicles, so I wasn't the one having the worst day. Overall, I was rather pleased with the day despite some of the problems.
I still have a low grade headache from the heat yesterday, but I accomplished something. Today I pretty much slept until nearly 5pm. Now I'm just sitting here with my cats on my lap trying to shake off the fatigue.
yesterday I learned that apparently the rules for septic tanks and field lines here are quite different than when a mechanical system is being installed and that it is much tougher to pass inspection for the former.
I'm trying to find a way to tell the short version. Septic tank guy (we'll call him Larry-- not his real name) was an hour late, which held up the digging process. Then it took awhile for the septic tank to be brought because the delivery guy got a bit lost (GPS directions are dead wrong for my area and there are missing road signs and the road has a very slow speed limit).
The co-worker of the installer and the health inspector have the same first name, which made for some fun. The three guys got along well and had some good laughs. There were some things that had to be changed-- angles and such. Apparently the rules in this Parish for septic tanks are more stringent than the rules for mechanical systems. They had to constantly check elevation while digging the trenches. They had to reroute because the incline proved to be too steep in an area. So they needed parts they didn't have and had to go into town.
The health inspector got stuck in a ditch after his lunch break and had to be pulled out and when the installer was going to get lunch and a 4" elbow, a rock flew up and put a hole in his radiator.
I helped carry the infiltrator segments over to speed up the process. I drove the co-worker into town (which took over 20 min each way bc of my roads) to get StopLeak for the radiator so the guys could get home after the job.
The rerouting of the lines ended up having one of my waterlines hit so they capped it. My mother later griped that she wanted the water line re-run and that I should have asked her-- nevermind that she refused to come outside at all and wouldn't communicate with me when I tried to talk to her. It was a line to a water faucet that was broken anyway. We haven't used it in over 5 years and its in an area we don't go to.
Sadly, the new positioning put the lines over a spot where we back the car up so we can't drive there anymore. I mentioned that we were backing up there bc of the fallen oak branch that we never got removed that is in the driveway. The installer's assistant overheard me and moved the branch with the backhoe.
It ended up costing a little more because they had to put in more pipe and stuff than expected, but it was still on par with what other installers said they would charge. The health inspector said they did a good job and was pleased.
I got some sunburn, but I am so glad to have that new system in place. I would have done some things differently if I could do it over again. I would have insisted they come out and check elevation in the field beforehand-- which I think they really should have done in the first place.
The installer arrived around 8:25am but didn't leave until after 5pm because he had to spend about 30 minutes after the installation was done just trying to get his radiator to stop leaking before he felt safe driving away.
Both the inspector and installer left with damaged vehicles, so I wasn't the one having the worst day. Overall, I was rather pleased with the day despite some of the problems.
I still have a low grade headache from the heat yesterday, but I accomplished something. Today I pretty much slept until nearly 5pm. Now I'm just sitting here with my cats on my lap trying to shake off the fatigue.
Chris
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Cleaning out my garage, doing some tractor work on my rv parking, taking the tractor back to where I got it from then towing someones truck to the shop to get a new transmission, then gonna pick up my jeep from a buddies house then gonna go get my truck and 5th wheel and bring them home. Hopefully after all that I will have time to wash the boat.
