Nuttin' much, honey!

Not a lot happening, but then again, when is there ever. Anyway, the weather has definitely turned fall-like - cool, but sunny and in the 60's (F). You'd think this would be great weather to work outside in. Like, say, cutting some of the branches that fell during the ice-storm last winter (Jan. 07). We've been putting the majority of the work off because of the summer heat, and thick & high weeds, not to mention ticks, seed ticks, and mosquitoes. And we've also had 3 gallons of yellow paint that a friend gave us a couple of months ago to paint the porch-roof wood. Sigh! We're just lazy, good for nuttin', countrified fringe folk. *snicker*

The garden is being closed down/let go/infrequently harvested. All that's left is a few tomatoes, couple of cantaloupe, and a few green beans. We started letting the chickens in a couple of weeks ago to eat whatever they wanted, hoping they'd zero-in on the bugs, which they did for the most part.

It's also time to start bringing Rain's tropical plants from the small garden. The pineapple plants, orange trees, and a few others that I can't recall.

And of course it's about time, and it's about space, it's about time to change the air-conditioner place. *giggle*

Still waiting to hear back from the Centurytel guys/gals on the new equipment they plan on putting in so that we can get DSL. He said the turn-around time on the order would be 3-4 weeks, and it's only been a week and a half. I was going to send him and email asking if he's heard anything, but changed my mind after I re-read the 3-4 week thing.

We strongly suspect we've got an egg thief visiting our chicken coop, because a fake egg was found on the floor yesterday. We seriously doubt a chicken knocked it out of the nest box, because they haven't before. The cats don't go in there, ever. So, I've been checking on the coop frequently, but haven't seen anything yet.

Tags: Centurytel DSL, highspeed, high speed, high-speed internet, winterizing, chickens, coop, cats

How R Ya? Handle. DSL. Pool

Hey there anybody and/or everybody, how ya dune? :-) I'm dune 'kay. I'm now on day #4 of not smoking cigarettes. Hasn't been too hard, actually quite a bit easier than I thought it would be. Got  some hard candy to suck on if I need to stave off a nicotine craving. I've sucked quite a few the last few days, mostly 'cause I like them though, less because of cravings.

About a week ago the toilet-handle that works the flusher in the commode tank broke. So we've just had the lid that normally sits on the tank, off and had been flushing by grabbing the straight part of the all-plastic handle that was still attached to the chain that connects to the plunger, that when lifted lifts said plunger and drains the bowl and tank water. But yesterday was pay-day, thank god! Today we went shopping and not only got food and other things, we most definitely got a new handle for the toilet. Who'd a thunk it would take aligning such a simple gadget 3 or 4 times before it worked correctly? LOL. But, since I put the lid back on, everyone that's had the opportunity to play with the handle has said it works great. And it should last a bit longer since the bar that connects to the chain is metal, or at least pseudo metal, so should last longer than the plastic one did.

But we were very sure to get some meat. *arg-arg-arg* Unfortunately we weren't able to buy enough meat so we could be total, meat-n-fat only carnivores, and bought filler-foods like spaghetti, flour, crackers, etc. Not how we really like to eat, but we'll survive. *grin* But our pantry looks pretty nice, as does the fridge and freezer. Til next month that is. It was getting kind of light in the food area, don't cha know. Buh-t'alls good now :-)

Well, in about 3 weeks we should have DSL. Couldn't come at a better time. For the last 2-3 weeks (maybe longer) we've been having frequent disconnects of our dial-up service, like sometimes every 2-3 minutes for 15-30-60 minutes straight :-( And that's only with a connection speed of 26.4, 28.8, 30+ Kbps, and things on web pages load extremely slow. Often we'll get disconnected in the middle of a page-load, sometimes right at the beginning. A real pain in the ass! Oddly, usually the slower the connection, the longer periods between disconnects. *sigh* I've updated the modem's drivers even, but that's made no difference. And now the other kid (12) has gotten into watching YouTube videos that take up to 7 hours to load, longer if you're having disconnect issues. And try to actually surf the Internet? Good luck, hope you brought a good book to read. Consequently, I get frustrated at the pace and haven't been on the 'puter nearly as much as I used to or would like to be. Which some wouldn't have a problem with, but my on-line friends are my second family, so I miss being on-line. Come on DSL!!

Oh yeah, and the pool has been shut down for the fall-winter. Which means the water level is now below the mouth of the filtering process, and the hose that goes from the sand-filter tank has been drained. Plus the filter-tank itself. If you still want to swim here, swim at your own risk if you're worried about germs. See ya next spring or sooner if you come to visit and swimming isn't your main agenda. *smile*

Anyway, that's what I've been up to. How 'bout you?

Tags: YouTube, you-tube. you tube, modem speed, connection, disconnects, dial-up, DSL, shopping, groceries, Wal-Mart, Smitty's, swimming pool, shut-down, winterize, quit smoking, 4 days, family, friends, merry, eat, drink, be