Sometimes I procrastinate (I am a PRO at it
) and then I'm sorry too. That happened when we lost power for almost 3 days three years ago. Almost put off my shower before going to bed on Monday night, figuring I could do it when I got up. Ended up showering anyway. Well when I got up yesterday and flushed the sound was "glug-glug----glug". 
Oh yeah, no water when I take the lid off the tank. Left the lid off. NO Water? Nope. Just a dribble from the faucet. We do have low water pressure but this was nuts. Went downstairs, first looking out the front door - nope, no little river down the front lawn and into the street. Go down the basement - dry floor. Hmm, turn the faucet on down there - and had enough so I could wash my hands in the utility tub. Back to the first floor, pop a stick of Trident cinnamon in my mouth (I call it my on-the-road toothbrush for when I fall asleep while Himself is driving) and call the town. Clerk connects me to the water department. THAT clerk tells me one of the department guys is on his way to my house to check things out. Just then I could hear the tank filling, but she said the guy would still come by. He explains that they were doing an internal line purge to clean sediment out - that they were closing down and then reopening the "gates" to shut off and then open up the flow of water to the different zones. Hmm, with my luck our gate would have been shut off just as I got the last of the soap all over. Never procrastinate again? Nah, I'll probably still stall... Fortunately he was beating a hasty retreat.
Not really what I'm doing, but an update to a previous conversation here.
Yesterday my buddy next door came over and as he looked at my yard he commented that the skunks were digging in my yard, too. I really didn't know what it was that had been taking small chunks of my yard out in patches, like a giant aerator. I was not thrilled to find out it was a skunk.
So this morning, about 5:00, I walk outside and there shuffling off ahead of me is the perp, a skunk
Sooo, I went online and look up skunk scat and sure enough, the critter who had left his calling card by that hornets nest, ate the dead hornets and managed to get out some of the honeycomb out was indeed a skunk.
Not cool to have a skunk visiting the house this close on a regular basis
I was thinking grubs too. Pac, time to get rid of the grubs in your lawn.The skunk is probably after grubs in the lawn.
Skunks are pretty laid back unless you or the dogs startle them.
Better pick up a couple gallons of tomato juice in case the dogs need a bath!
In our first home we had a skunk that would mark the foundation of the house as his territory every STINKIN' night! If the house was closed up you got only a faint whiff of it, but don't dare go down the basement for at least half an hour!...Not cool to have a skunk visiting the house this close on a regular basis
Sending good thoughts your way taxy! Hope everything goes well for Shreddy on Monday. Keep us posted then.
But we are a cup away from being out of milk, there are a few items on sale that I have to get, and I'm going to push myself to get out of here. Later!
