EVERYONE POOPS

Bubba has the cutest little book he got this past December at the zoo (of all places!) named "Everyone Poops". We read it to him all the time, especially when encouraging him to do #2 these days on the potty!! Well today we had some poop drama, but not the potty training kind, unfortunately!
Recently we've been having some issues, and we are on a Septic system out here in the sticks, so for the past couple of weeks I have had a sticky note on my computer that reads "Call Sweet Pea" (the septic guys). Well obviously i am too busy working and stalking blogs to actually comply with that note eh? Grandpa was coming into town to visit from Wyoming, so i decided to get his bedding washed. We have 2 laundry rooms (YES!) so obviously i used the downstairs one in the basement to start the wash. Well 10 minutes later or so, there was water all over the floor. In the closet of the laundry room is our "Sump Pump". Anyone on septic knows what this is, it collects all the water, toilet stuff, etc. and has a pump which pumps it from that holding tank outside to the tank. Apparantly the pump cord had a short, so therefore no pump, just collect and overflow today. It bubbled up soap in the basement shower! (Thank goodness it was mostly washing machine water). So out they came to diagnose the problem. Back to the shop for a part....and came back to fix the float and the short in the cord.(thus the little van)

 

In the meantime we opened the tank lids and WOW do we have alot of "stuff". It was Definately FULL and time for some pump action. So he comes back with the BIG truck to do the fun part. Fun, hahahaha. Got a picture of that too. For those with a weak constitution, you may not want to view all the fun photos we've posted today!! Especially Lynnette. Be happy you are on City Sewer and never see...or smell...the lovely aroma of your stuff. As the book says....Everyone Eats, so Everyone Poops.

 

 

 

What a LOVELY day for all of us.

Danielle stayed inside the door and watched the nice guy pump the tank. Too much fun for everyone. This was not a cheap visit by any means, an hour labor ($75), expensive parts ($78.46), then on top of that the cost to Pump our 1000 gallon tank($250) Do the math, it makes for a $400+ day and I didn't even get like new shoes or a purse or anything exciting for that $400!! Bubba was napping at the time so he missed all the fun. Now some mopping in the laundry room, shower cleaning, and my day is done. Hopefully tomorrow will be far less eventful. I'll be at the office all day so I'm sure it will be peaceful and uneventful here. More on the bathroom tile on the next post, stay tuned........feel free to comment

02272008 Smokey the Bear

 

 

Today Timothy and I went to daycare to see the special guest. Yep, Smokey the Bear! Man he must be REALLY OLD...because i remember him coming to MY school when i was little! Anyway, we had a little lesson about putting out fires, and not to play with matches. Then there was a song and dance and meet/greet time with the bear. As expected, Bubba wasn't having ANY of that! Danielle's K/1st grade class came in at the end, and got to see him and hug him as well. Pretty fun stuff. Anyway, thought we'd blog our cute friend - because even though he didn't have the courage then...i am sure it will be a hot topic for the rest of the week.
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02/24/2008 Bathroom Progess..Almost there!!!

As many of you know, sickness came at a very bad time this year. I got sick, the contractor got sick, delays, delays, delays. Well while DeRell was out of town, we made progress! He worked nearly everyday this week and got all the tile FINISHED on Saturday! (So much for a 4-5 day project-we are like 10+ and counting). Which means double (maybe triple?) what we thought it was going to cost us as well. UGH. But FINISHED is a word that is not used very often in our household so I am rejoicing! He will be back on Tuesday to do the GROUT, then 3 days later we can seal the grout, then set the tub back in, the toilet back in, my closet doors back in and put back up the shower glass!! This means in a WEEK i should have a FULL FUNCTIONING BATHROOM. Woo-Hoo!! I've got some pictures below. We decided against the diagonal layed floor tiles, harder and way more cuts=way more $$$ and time. It's fine I love it anyway.

02/16/2008 Danielle's 6th Birthday

Danielle's Birthday was fun this year. We had 13 kids (including Bubba & Danielle) at the Gymnastics studio for a fun day. There was alot of playing with the foam blocks (making a castle), Jumping in the foam "pit" and pizza, cake and presents. Danielle is REALLY inot Littlest Pet Shop and after her Grandma and Aunties , as well as 3 of her friends hooked her up with more this birthday....she now has 32 in her collection. She got a great display case for them that hangs on the wall, and they all fit! Some have to share their dorms with others, but all in all she is a very happy girl!

02/07/08 Snow, Snow, Snow

I constantly beg for it, so it should be no surprise that EVENTUALLY we would get some. In 2 hours we got at least 2 inches! That is really good accumulation for this area! I got the call at 11am that Danielle's school would be closing - as they were worried that by 3:20 parents wouldn't be able to get the kids. I sent DeRell with my Suburban this morning (it's our family's only 4wd) to take her to school and handle his appts. So she is stranded until he can pick her up and so are we. It's fun. I took some video - though it may be hard to tell just how much it's coming down. The snow is blowing sideways. I shot it right out my front door / porch and then also got a shot off the back balcony of the field and stream. If you click on the picture it will play the video (i HOPE, this is my first try and i kept getting errors!)The best part is Danielle also gets a "snow day" tomorrow as the school has already decided in advance that we'll have too much snow and with lots of kids being sick (1/2 the school has been out) they are gonna do a wipe down tomorrow-Lysol everything! I just love living in a small town / kids going to a private school where they can just make up whatever they want and there is no school! I wish i had that growing up...but no...just lots of sunshine!

My Montage 2/7/08
On a seperate note Bubba and I were having a fun mommy/son bonding day. I made my omelet and he ate half of it and then that is what he "ordered" for lunch today. I let him (due to the amt of whinning and pleading) use his safety cutter knife and cut the bell peppers and onions. Yes the boy loves orange bell peppers and purple/red onion! That is what he wanted in his (just like mine)so he chopped it all up and I made it. Got some video of that too-cuz he's so darn cute when he is determined. A mini chef after my own heart <3