itsssssssssssss raining again

wow been raining for three days ..... enoughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh already!!

Contest is a go, will post tonight after we have hubbies birthday cake!!!

Hope there is a good turnout!

same here in UK, we have rain for several days but also sunny spells but is sure is chilly still have the heating on, boiler packed up Monday night, out of the loft came the electric fire kept for such emergencies.  guy came 4pm Tuesday night and another new pump has been fitted another £400 GBP only had a new pump 4 years ago same month.   He could not explain it all unfortunately, but we are warm again thats the main thing

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same here in UK, we have rain for several days but also sunny spells but is sure is chilly still have the heating on, boiler packed up Monday night, out of the loft came the electric fire kept for such emergencies.  guy came 4pm Tuesday night and another new pump has been fitted another £400 GBP only had a new pump 4 years ago same month.   He could not explain it all unfortunately, but we are warm again thats the main thing

wow I guess I better not complain!!  Glad you are safe and warm!! Things are just not made as well as the good old days, things just don't seem to last as long anymore!  !! We just got a wood stove in 2016, but the wood n things are all put away till November 2017!

To put things in perspective for you all ... (and to whine a little) ... we typically have about 17" of rain in the winter season. This year we have had over 38". While we have not actually had any flooding in the house, our ground water is at the surface. Which means our septic tank is being filled with ground water. Last month we had it pumped twice in 3 days ($800 each time) and at that point we stopped using water in the house.

What that means is:
1) We have a lovely green porta potty on the side of the garage now.
2) We go into town to our daughters house to take showers.
3) We eat off of paper plates things we have nuked or we eat out.
4) We've had to go to a laundromat for the first time in almost 40+ years.
5) We've been doing this now for 3 wks with the prospect of another 2-3 wks if we're lucky and it doesn't rain anymore ... at all.

Can I just say I'm way too old to appreciate this pioneer way of living?

SharonR wrote:

To put things in perspective for you all ... (and to whine a little) ... we typically have about 17" of rain in the winter season. This year we have had over 38". While we have not actually had any flooding in the house, our ground water is at the surface. Which means our septic tank is being filled with ground water. Last month we had it pumped twice in 3 days ($800 each time) and at that point we stopped using water in the house.

What that means is:
1) We have a lovely green porta potty on the side of the garage now.
2) We go into town to our daughters house to take showers.
3) We eat off of paper plates things we have nuked or we eat out.
4) We've had to go to a laundromat for the first time in almost 40+ years.
5) We've been doing this now for 3 wks with the prospect of another 2-3 wks if we're lucky and it doesn't rain anymore ... at all.

Can I just say I'm way too old to appreciate this pioneer way of living?

Oh my gosh, Sharon!!! That is terrible!!!  ((((((((((HUGS ))))))))))))))))))).

Hope things turn around quickly for you and your loved ones!!  I don't blame you, I am NOT a pioneer
woman either!!

For once in my life I am speechless 

We were in a servere drought last year, our well went dry but only lasted for a few days.  Now we are only in  a moderate drought, so I am the
last one to complain about the rain.  This post actually started cuz I was trying to erase my post about the contest getting up n ready LOL

But I am glad I did as I wouldn't have known to add you in my prayers that things get back to normal ASAP for you!!! 

(((((((hugs )))))))))))

Thanks Jenny! It really has been a rough time for us. We've had so much heaped on us in the last 2 months that some days it's really hard to remember the blessings we do have ... and that in the bigger scheme of things we certainly aren't the worst off.

It does make it a challenge when someone asks how I'm doing. My standard answer lately has been "You don't want to know."

Thinking of you last night cuz of the rain and it reminded me of you.

I hope and pray all is well for you and your family.

We are back to "normal" after Howard and our son inlaw spent 2-3 days with a tractor replacing the pipes in our leech field. While they were doing that they increased the length to hopefully insure we never have this problem again!

Sometimes I feel like my life is the one others point to and say ... "See ... it could be a lot worse!!"

SharonR wrote:

We are back to "normal" after Howard and our son inlaw spent 2-3 days with a tractor replacing the pipes in  our leech field. While they were doing that they increased the length to hopefully insure we never have this problem again!

Sometimes I feel like my life is the one others point to and say ... "See ... it could be a lot worse!!"

So glad things are getting better for you Sharon!! Hopefully the new and improved and longer leechfield does the trick going forward!!!

You always can make me smile, even when you are struggling with these

life altering events!!  

Hope things are always looking up from here on in!!!