Heard something gurgling a while ago, got up to look, and it was my drains in the sinks. WTH??? Went into the bathroom, same thing. OMG....Realized then that my washer was draining, and not going down good. It made it, but when it went thru the next cycle, rinse, then the drain, i was there for sure, watching. Ready to cut it off. NO PROBLEM. Now,,,what happened? Hmmm.. Beats me. Had my washer overflow once, DO NOT want that again!!!
I was in the bathroom a year or so ago, and heard this HORRIBLE crash. Could not imagine what in the world it could be, but almost afraid to look. I came cautiously out, and just stopped and stared. My whole kitchen floor was covered with broken glass. The hood over my stove had decided to let go, just on one end, and all the crystal glassware on it, was now in pieces on my floor. I had to just stop and think, not sure whether to call for help or not. My broom was right there by the door to my kitchen, so i just got it and started sweeping toward the middle. I was barefooted, as always inside, so i swept good. lol It was everywhere. Even some over in the dining room! Some on top of my stove. Had to sweep that with a hand held broom, dust pan. A few didn't break, but was so many that did. Took a long time to clean it up. And even now, i still find a glittering little piece sometimes. But,,, the WORST mess i never got all cleaned up, was when my dotter, about a year old, got out my large bottle of dish washing soap and took the lid off, poured it all over her, floor, everything. Was a new large bottle. Then i went and made matters worse, by sticking her in the bath tub! hahahaha,,,great bubble bath. Have to defend myself a little here, I was still a kid,,,18 years old. I had bubbles coming out over the tub, had to just leave the tub full of bubbles, got her out, dried off more soap. lol. Then, time for kitchen. Probably youngsters reading this, that thinks there were always things like paper towels, throw away diapers., stuff like that. Well, let me tell you, no such thing back then. Sooo,,, i got my mop, and again,,,made matters worse. Gooey soap now all over the floor. Mop no good any more. Can't get it off the floor. Used towels, whatever, did the best i could do, and just had to leave that floor sticky forever. Bubbles everywhere. Don't remember how many times i washed those towels, that diaper, without adding soap. New mop stirred up sticky stuff every time. Don't know how that kid could get lids off, but she could, no matter how tight. Learned to put things UP. From that time on.
Gonna be gone most of the day tomorrow. Probably won't get a post here, done. Been making a list for Walmart, lol, BB, my kinda stop too. Like that i can do all my shopping there. Cleaned out my freezer this morning. Took a couple of old things out, to throw away. Outside of course. Something might be hungry. I don't put out scraps tho, got to getting too many feral cats around. An occasional toss won't matter.
When i go out now, i'm seeing lots of old trees dying. A lot of them are hackberrys. I always thot they were like mesquites, really hardy. I have one big, old one in front, and 3 others side and back. Have liked them a lot, good shades, keep their leaves longer than most, hardy. I put the water to them on Sundays and am hoping they will be ok. Darn weatherman, saying this could go on even in 2012.
Gotta git, but yall HAGD
OOO YEAH river flow: 37-17-4
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Bridge Party
This part is for a new reader, Diana, and any others that might not know. The river flow report comes from http://hydromet.lcra.org/full.aspx. My area is: Junction, Mason, Llano, and the numbers are cubic feet per second, cfs. Here in Llano, we have to be over 12 cfs to go back from stage 4 water rationing, to stage 3. Been a while. So, today it's 36-18-4. Junction 36, Mason 18, Llano 4.
Ol BB is gonna be a neighbor for ?,,,at Inks Lake here. They told people who bought property on the banks that it was a constant level lake. WELLLL, not when it floods enough!!! Didn't tell them that. I was working with a woman that lived there, along with her son and his family, and his house had water in it up to the ceiling, and her trailer house had water under it to the floor. Almost washed it off it's foundation. did wash away the butane tank, and underpinning. When they had to open some flood gates at Buchanan Dam, it let lots of water go down from it. Here, the river got on a 100 year rise, 42 feet i think it was. lol,,There was what i called a bridge party, way into the wee hours, watching to see how high it was gonna get. 100s of people. The Colorado also runs into Buchanan, and was on a record rise, too. Ended up flooding lots of places on down, not just at Inks. LMAOOOO,,,BB won't have to worry about that!!! The park is above the place i'm talking about, just over the bridge at Kingsland, at the Eastern edge of Llano County, off 1431. The bridge is where the Llano River joins in.
Way back when i was a teenager, that bridge was a one way thang, and rattled when u went over it. Had a top over it too. Anyway, a bunch of us went out there one time, and most of the kids got up on the rail, and jumped off!!! NOT ME. I got up on the rail, and got back down. Wasn't the jump, was the swimming out. I never was a water person, so didn't swim that well. It was HIGH. lol, Our DA here right now,,was one of em. Always told him, hey, i knew u when.
My Dad could have bought acres of that property that is now Kingland, for $50.00 an acre. Later, when the Lake was created, and Kingsland became a booming place, and a lot went for 50,000. and more, he moaned and groaned til i told him one day, Dad, u would have sold it all, first time you were offered 100.00 an acre and thot u made a killing. He thot a few minutes, said yep, and never ever said another word about it. He always said we were hiding behind the door when God passed out the money, so we got the looks. lolololol
Don't remember which blog i read today, that was talking about their uncle, DDs?, that played around for dances, etc. Well, my Dad and his 3 brothers did too. He always had a guitar around, and one of his bros was a fantastic fiddle player. Dad got a steel guitar one time, and when he got that thang out, we ALL left the area. hahahaha He'd hook it up to his amp and OMG. Never did learn to play it. There's just one sister left now, out of 8. And she has always been my fav. Lives in Paris Tx. In a nursing home now, after a fall that broke her hip again. Dad left the farming behind, back in the late 40s, and we moved here. Been here ever since.
Good memories today,,,yall tc, HAGD
Ol BB is gonna be a neighbor for ?,,,at Inks Lake here. They told people who bought property on the banks that it was a constant level lake. WELLLL, not when it floods enough!!! Didn't tell them that. I was working with a woman that lived there, along with her son and his family, and his house had water in it up to the ceiling, and her trailer house had water under it to the floor. Almost washed it off it's foundation. did wash away the butane tank, and underpinning. When they had to open some flood gates at Buchanan Dam, it let lots of water go down from it. Here, the river got on a 100 year rise, 42 feet i think it was. lol,,There was what i called a bridge party, way into the wee hours, watching to see how high it was gonna get. 100s of people. The Colorado also runs into Buchanan, and was on a record rise, too. Ended up flooding lots of places on down, not just at Inks. LMAOOOO,,,BB won't have to worry about that!!! The park is above the place i'm talking about, just over the bridge at Kingsland, at the Eastern edge of Llano County, off 1431. The bridge is where the Llano River joins in.
Way back when i was a teenager, that bridge was a one way thang, and rattled when u went over it. Had a top over it too. Anyway, a bunch of us went out there one time, and most of the kids got up on the rail, and jumped off!!! NOT ME. I got up on the rail, and got back down. Wasn't the jump, was the swimming out. I never was a water person, so didn't swim that well. It was HIGH. lol, Our DA here right now,,was one of em. Always told him, hey, i knew u when.
My Dad could have bought acres of that property that is now Kingland, for $50.00 an acre. Later, when the Lake was created, and Kingsland became a booming place, and a lot went for 50,000. and more, he moaned and groaned til i told him one day, Dad, u would have sold it all, first time you were offered 100.00 an acre and thot u made a killing. He thot a few minutes, said yep, and never ever said another word about it. He always said we were hiding behind the door when God passed out the money, so we got the looks. lolololol
Don't remember which blog i read today, that was talking about their uncle, DDs?, that played around for dances, etc. Well, my Dad and his 3 brothers did too. He always had a guitar around, and one of his bros was a fantastic fiddle player. Dad got a steel guitar one time, and when he got that thang out, we ALL left the area. hahahaha He'd hook it up to his amp and OMG. Never did learn to play it. There's just one sister left now, out of 8. And she has always been my fav. Lives in Paris Tx. In a nursing home now, after a fall that broke her hip again. Dad left the farming behind, back in the late 40s, and we moved here. Been here ever since.
Good memories today,,,yall tc, HAGD
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
I'm Mechanical, Don't ya Know?
Do u wonder how i can give a little mechanical advice? lololol,,,Both x hubbys were in that kind of business, and my son is now, too. I absorbed a lot. Was natural with me too. One nite i had left a club, and came upon a car, totally dead, sitting at a stop sign, totally dark there, too. Was 2 older women, just sitting there waiting to get hit, i guess, so i put my emergency flashers on, and got out and told the driver to pop the hood. She did, and sure enough, one of the battery cables was loose. I wiggled it around, told her to try it, and when it started, i told her what it was and then followed them most of the way home. They assured me they would get it fixed asap. lololol,,,bet they did too. Really impressed the man with me. hahahahaha
DD lost me yesterday, with all that tech stuff. Pic was beautiful, tho.
river flow: 37-18-3
Before we get rain, i'm going to go out and film the area, including the river, pastures, etc. This is an history making thing, so gonna get it on film. All around the county. Almost made me cry today, reading in the paper, the domino effect. I knew it, but,,,seeing it in black and white, really hit me hard. For weeks, i've been saying, OMG, all the insects, birds, animals, EVERYTHING. Paper said it will affect us all for years. All over the world. Hadn't thot about the birds that migrate thru here, having nothing to eat this year. That will affect their reproduction later. We have the monarch butterfly migration thru here, and i'm not sure there's even milk week for them. Let's all be sure and pray for the end to this.
I've got an appointment at my foot doc Friday. He wants to see if he got all the root out on the nail, on my big toe. What's he gonna do if he didn't????,,,think i'm gonna go around again with that toe sore? BTW, he's the one that caused it in the first place, first time i ever saw him. Cut the nail wrong. Right now, it's well. He took the side off, not the whole thing.
Didn't tell BB i lmao about him going out to play golf. hahahaha
Yall tc,,and HAGD
DD lost me yesterday, with all that tech stuff. Pic was beautiful, tho.
river flow: 37-18-3
Before we get rain, i'm going to go out and film the area, including the river, pastures, etc. This is an history making thing, so gonna get it on film. All around the county. Almost made me cry today, reading in the paper, the domino effect. I knew it, but,,,seeing it in black and white, really hit me hard. For weeks, i've been saying, OMG, all the insects, birds, animals, EVERYTHING. Paper said it will affect us all for years. All over the world. Hadn't thot about the birds that migrate thru here, having nothing to eat this year. That will affect their reproduction later. We have the monarch butterfly migration thru here, and i'm not sure there's even milk week for them. Let's all be sure and pray for the end to this.
I've got an appointment at my foot doc Friday. He wants to see if he got all the root out on the nail, on my big toe. What's he gonna do if he didn't????,,,think i'm gonna go around again with that toe sore? BTW, he's the one that caused it in the first place, first time i ever saw him. Cut the nail wrong. Right now, it's well. He took the side off, not the whole thing.
Didn't tell BB i lmao about him going out to play golf. hahahaha
Yall tc,,and HAGD
Monday, August 8, 2011
Round em Up, Herd em Out
Wow, read in paper today that somewhere here in TX, water had to be cut off, due to ground cracking, breaking the water lines. Just looked back in paper and didn't see it, but know i read it today. Now, that's bad, cause how do u fix em? That ol black land u can't work when dry, nor when wet, so ,,,,what to do. When i lived on the other side of town, way back, we had a streak of it running thru the back yard. Horrible when wet. Cracked when dry. Only way it could have gotten there was no telling how far back, the river washed it down from somewhere, and left it. We just don't have it here. It was maybe 1/2 a block from the river now.
lol, gotta tell u what i did one time, while living over there. A whoop d do big shot rancher here, started putting a herd of cattle down on the river for free grazing, which was fine, til i looked out one day and there was this herd of 30 or 40 in my yard!! They were destroying my flowers, and shrubs, leaving lots of cow pattys too. WELL, i went out and ran them off, and called the sherriff's office. A few days later, same thing!. OK,,,,The third time, i had had enough, so when i ran them off, AGAIN, and called, AGAIN, i also told the dispatcher that the next time, i was gonna get on my 3 wheeler and herd them right up the street to the courthouse square. She said,,,aww, u wouldnt do that, would ya? and i told her YES i would!! She believed me, we had known each other all our lives. And i was going to too. hahahaha can u imagine a herd of cattle on the courthouse square? Still wish i coulda done it. Didn't see those darn things around any more.
River flow today: 36-20-2
Just heard about a young man, known most of his life, that died in jail Sat. Somehow, he hit his head, on purpose, hard enough to do it. I have never heard of such a thing. Said he wasn't going to prison. Was in jail,,what else?,,on drug charges, again. Like my niece 2 weeks ago, all i can think is,,,what a waste. I had heard the desparate calls for EMS that day, but didn't know who it was for. I need to go by and see his mother. She has 1 more, a son too. He was my youngest son's best friend. The one left.
Guess i'm gonna try to get something done today. Or,,maybe not. lol. It's almost noon, so think i'm gonna eat some lunch.
Yall HAGD
lol, gotta tell u what i did one time, while living over there. A whoop d do big shot rancher here, started putting a herd of cattle down on the river for free grazing, which was fine, til i looked out one day and there was this herd of 30 or 40 in my yard!! They were destroying my flowers, and shrubs, leaving lots of cow pattys too. WELL, i went out and ran them off, and called the sherriff's office. A few days later, same thing!. OK,,,,The third time, i had had enough, so when i ran them off, AGAIN, and called, AGAIN, i also told the dispatcher that the next time, i was gonna get on my 3 wheeler and herd them right up the street to the courthouse square. She said,,,aww, u wouldnt do that, would ya? and i told her YES i would!! She believed me, we had known each other all our lives. And i was going to too. hahahaha can u imagine a herd of cattle on the courthouse square? Still wish i coulda done it. Didn't see those darn things around any more.
River flow today: 36-20-2
Just heard about a young man, known most of his life, that died in jail Sat. Somehow, he hit his head, on purpose, hard enough to do it. I have never heard of such a thing. Said he wasn't going to prison. Was in jail,,what else?,,on drug charges, again. Like my niece 2 weeks ago, all i can think is,,,what a waste. I had heard the desparate calls for EMS that day, but didn't know who it was for. I need to go by and see his mother. She has 1 more, a son too. He was my youngest son's best friend. The one left.
Guess i'm gonna try to get something done today. Or,,maybe not. lol. It's almost noon, so think i'm gonna eat some lunch.
Yall HAGD
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Wasps, Yellowjackets, Thingys
Gosh, i have dawdled all morning. Just now got thru with the paper, and it's nearly noon. I did stop long enough to eat breakfast, wash up the dishes. Not in any hurry anyway. Had kinda a mess when i picked up my coffee pot, it was sitting in some coffee. WTH? It had stopped up enough to let it leak over when it made, but i still had enough for my wake up. AFTER i cleaned up the mess.
Ok, u know that crazy wasp/yellowjacket thingy i was talking about? Turns out, it really is a cross between the 2!!! Has coloring like the yellowjacket, personality, (Not aggressive) like the red wasp. That's why it's not in my insect book. My son said he had seen them about 15 years ago, there where he works, out back when they had an huge pear tree. These i have are a first for me. I had looked at one about a week ago, while it was drinking out of the water container i put out. Noticed the strange coloring, size, then. Fascinating!! He showed me something he had that he had found, never seen before either. Not a wasp, bee, or anything, and strange coloring. It had had a 1/4" stinger sticking out when he found it. Mean thingy!! I was in an HEB one time, and picked up a head of lettuce, and something stung me on the thumb. I slapped it, and did look at it laying on the floor, but didn't know what it was. It hurt so bad, and in just a minute, i had red streaks starting up my arm. I went straight to the fish dept in back and they gave me a bag of ice to put on it. They ever offered to send me to a doctor, but i told them no. Wished i had later, that hurt so bad i could barely drive home, and continued for about 2 weeks!! I could barely use that hand on the computer at work, or to drive. Would have to quit and hold it up. And yes, i did take antihistamines. Anyway, that was a mean little sucker. Didn't know about holding a penny on it for 10 minutes back then.
We have a chicken place!!! Chicken Express. Getting uptown now. lololol B said he was crowing one morning. Ate there at least once a day. hahahaha,,,I told him the livers were extra good, he said he'd pass. I would almost gag, even thinking about liver, til i was in my 30s, and a friend ordered them at a Luby's, and wow, they sounded sooo good. From then on, i loved liver. Smothered with onions is hard to beat. But the chicken livers are too. lol, Just might have to go get some later. That would mean getting in the shower, making a move tho. Lots later.
Time to take leave, HAGD
Ok, u know that crazy wasp/yellowjacket thingy i was talking about? Turns out, it really is a cross between the 2!!! Has coloring like the yellowjacket, personality, (Not aggressive) like the red wasp. That's why it's not in my insect book. My son said he had seen them about 15 years ago, there where he works, out back when they had an huge pear tree. These i have are a first for me. I had looked at one about a week ago, while it was drinking out of the water container i put out. Noticed the strange coloring, size, then. Fascinating!! He showed me something he had that he had found, never seen before either. Not a wasp, bee, or anything, and strange coloring. It had had a 1/4" stinger sticking out when he found it. Mean thingy!! I was in an HEB one time, and picked up a head of lettuce, and something stung me on the thumb. I slapped it, and did look at it laying on the floor, but didn't know what it was. It hurt so bad, and in just a minute, i had red streaks starting up my arm. I went straight to the fish dept in back and they gave me a bag of ice to put on it. They ever offered to send me to a doctor, but i told them no. Wished i had later, that hurt so bad i could barely drive home, and continued for about 2 weeks!! I could barely use that hand on the computer at work, or to drive. Would have to quit and hold it up. And yes, i did take antihistamines. Anyway, that was a mean little sucker. Didn't know about holding a penny on it for 10 minutes back then.
We have a chicken place!!! Chicken Express. Getting uptown now. lololol B said he was crowing one morning. Ate there at least once a day. hahahaha,,,I told him the livers were extra good, he said he'd pass. I would almost gag, even thinking about liver, til i was in my 30s, and a friend ordered them at a Luby's, and wow, they sounded sooo good. From then on, i loved liver. Smothered with onions is hard to beat. But the chicken livers are too. lol, Just might have to go get some later. That would mean getting in the shower, making a move tho. Lots later.
Time to take leave, HAGD
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Fellow Texan, OR NOT
DD, u better quit being mean to us, or we'll quit claiming u as a fellow Texan. I WAS enjoying all those pics. hahahaha,,,know what u mean about crossing the line. It can be raining all over TX, and u come into the city limits here, u cross the dry line. Only thing i could ever figure out, was that we sit in a valley.
104 here now, at noon. Just looked up in time to see the forecast, same ol, same ol, but not long til Sept. lololol,,,Hope then.
Thinking about taking a drive out around some of the county today, using my flip. I'm seeing lots of trees dying out in the country that i've been in, so gonna go another way. Also gonna film the river at the slab below here, in Kingsland. Bro B just told me it's dry there. Looking at my LCRA map it's showing the Colorado has stopped, til it catches a Brady Creek and the San Saba river giving it a little bit of flow. But down to 1 going into Lake Buchanan. Here, about the same. 36-22-4. One of the rivers out at Junction, has stopped, but the lower one is flowing, because of some springs. That's the only reason we have anything. B said they had gone there a few days ago. Out where our river begins. Starts with 2 out there.
I looked over on a chair here by me yesterday, and there was this wasp crawling around on it. I sprayed it, and got my insect book out to see wth it was. Can't find it. It looks kinda like a yellowjacket, but much bigger. As big as a red wasp. Has the striped tail and body. All yellow and dark orange. Now, just what is it? Asked B, he said must be a hi bred. Cross between a yellowjacket and a red wasp? lololol Anyway, I DON"T LIKE IT. There has to be a nest out there somewhere, see them getting water from my container. At least they don't chase me. YET.
Gosh, i'm hungry, and nothing sounds good. What to do. Take another round of pills?,,,lol, that's 3 times a day. Well, that includes my vitamins too. Divide it up, cause some of the pills are 2 a day. My son is the one that told me to do that, that taking all at once, ur body couldn't absorb them good enough, was wasting a lot. Made sense to me, so that's what i do.
Guess i'm gonna get into my leftovers. O well, as good as anything i can think of. Yall HAG weekend.
104 here now, at noon. Just looked up in time to see the forecast, same ol, same ol, but not long til Sept. lololol,,,Hope then.
Thinking about taking a drive out around some of the county today, using my flip. I'm seeing lots of trees dying out in the country that i've been in, so gonna go another way. Also gonna film the river at the slab below here, in Kingsland. Bro B just told me it's dry there. Looking at my LCRA map it's showing the Colorado has stopped, til it catches a Brady Creek and the San Saba river giving it a little bit of flow. But down to 1 going into Lake Buchanan. Here, about the same. 36-22-4. One of the rivers out at Junction, has stopped, but the lower one is flowing, because of some springs. That's the only reason we have anything. B said they had gone there a few days ago. Out where our river begins. Starts with 2 out there.
I looked over on a chair here by me yesterday, and there was this wasp crawling around on it. I sprayed it, and got my insect book out to see wth it was. Can't find it. It looks kinda like a yellowjacket, but much bigger. As big as a red wasp. Has the striped tail and body. All yellow and dark orange. Now, just what is it? Asked B, he said must be a hi bred. Cross between a yellowjacket and a red wasp? lololol Anyway, I DON"T LIKE IT. There has to be a nest out there somewhere, see them getting water from my container. At least they don't chase me. YET.
Gosh, i'm hungry, and nothing sounds good. What to do. Take another round of pills?,,,lol, that's 3 times a day. Well, that includes my vitamins too. Divide it up, cause some of the pills are 2 a day. My son is the one that told me to do that, that taking all at once, ur body couldn't absorb them good enough, was wasting a lot. Made sense to me, so that's what i do.
Guess i'm gonna get into my leftovers. O well, as good as anything i can think of. Yall HAG weekend.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Rolling Blackouts?
Weatherman saying they are coming. I've gone thru my house, looking for all the little things i can do to cut usage. One was turning off my desktop, and all connected to it, except the router. Rarely use it, so it can go. About a year ago, i replaced almost all my clocks with battery operated ones. Wasn't the usage then, was having to reset the darn things every time my electricity blinked off. Think i've pretty well eliminated everything i can. lolol,,,thot i had done it already. My window units, 2 during the day, are set on about 80, and i run fans too. I stay good and cool. I had never realized how much less it costs to run those over the central units. Even my bro B has started using them over his central one, because of that. Why cool a whole house, when u don't need to? I know we made it thru this kind of thing way back without them, and as a kid i never knew it was hot. We played outside and had a good creek by our house. I do remember having fans.
OMG,,,river flow: 36-24-4!!! And no relief in site. Getting scary now. It's not just the river, it's all the lakes and how many millions have to use that water too.
By the way, DD, love that scenery up there! The hills, trees, etc. My kind of country, lol.
Hmmmm,,,news talking about coyotes getting small pets in Austin. Don't know how much wildlife we will lose, due to this drought. I know coyotes roam around in town, here, at nite. I look out the window every time i'm up during the nite, and i never see anything. But that's looking out on the street side. When i go out on Sunday nites to cut my water off, u think i don't take a flash lite, besides using porch lites, to look for snakes? I look real good!!! lol They come to water too.
Yall tc, stay cool. HAGD
OMG,,,river flow: 36-24-4!!! And no relief in site. Getting scary now. It's not just the river, it's all the lakes and how many millions have to use that water too.
By the way, DD, love that scenery up there! The hills, trees, etc. My kind of country, lol.
Hmmmm,,,news talking about coyotes getting small pets in Austin. Don't know how much wildlife we will lose, due to this drought. I know coyotes roam around in town, here, at nite. I look out the window every time i'm up during the nite, and i never see anything. But that's looking out on the street side. When i go out on Sunday nites to cut my water off, u think i don't take a flash lite, besides using porch lites, to look for snakes? I look real good!!! lol They come to water too.
Yall tc, stay cool. HAGD
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