One of my biggest pet peeves about farm life is dealing with the water well. I haven't been able to drink the water that comes out my faucets for years. There are little microbiological thingies in there that aren't meant for human consumption. I live with that. I've adapted.
The thing that really frosts me is when the water pressure goes. That leaves me without a drop of water. Never, ever has a permanent fix for that been considered. We can "get by" by doing this or that per my husband which is actually per his father. (I say through gritted teeth.) It works for a while, and then, golly gee, the pressure tank needs to be reworked again. My husband will make 10,000 calls to his father and scratch his head. I will blog as I am doing now, so that I don't spend the next 20 years to life in a corrections facility.
I suggested starting saving up to buy a new pressure tank. (It lives in the basement much like a water heater does.) That way we could be done with the problem of the faulty bladder in the old one. Oh no, I must be crazy. All we have to do is this, this, and this and it will last us a long time....again. Again, being the operative word here.
Then on hot days, the cattle will drink the well dry. There are too many cattle here for the well to support plus the house. But he let's daddy bring his cattle on over anyway. (Let me count to 10.)
Long ago I learned to buy gallons of water from town and to keep a
supply of baby wipes on hand for kinda sorta impromptu cleaning up.
So, such is my life this waterless evening. I've had two lovely high blood sugar readings to boot from the stress I'm trying so very hard not to implode with. I thought if I wrote about it, it might be the release of tension I need.
Thanks for listening to me vent.
CW
CreativeWoman posted on Jul 20, 2008
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moonriver said on Jul 20, 2008....
I'm listening to your rant, and I can imagine.
I could write perhaps a half dozen blogs too, about my own water-supply headaches. But at least mine are the given limits of my locality, the resources available to me. And now being the season of monsoon rains, my problem is actually the opposite -- that of having too much water, can you imagine?
I can understand how your waterless days are directly related to your bigger problem. And it really makes both problems doubly irritating -- the waterless one and the spineless-husband-and-his-father one.
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CreativeWoman said on Jul 20, 2008....
moon,
Too much water probably overwhelms the water supply. I can only imagine.
You are right that the water problems do relate to my bigger problem. I think that's why I find myself in such a bad mood over it.
CW
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queenparanoia said on Jul 20, 2008....
oh cw i fell for you... i know how t fells to have no water... how about water rain? is there rain? can you store water rain? and your husband is stupid... why can't you buy a new water pressure tank? it saves a lot of hassles... -
CreativeWoman said on Jul 20, 2008....
queen,
Saving the rain water is a whole other issue. We don't have a lot to save, but he uses barrels that were full of soap from a factory to catch it in and then pours it on my garden. I had to put my foot down. Everything is withering. i don't think he cleaned them out well enough. Drives me nutty.
He is very stubborn that he can fix things and he thinks he is saving money by limping along with the old pressure tank. Saving money is great, but maybe not in this instance.
CW
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queenparanoia said on Jul 20, 2008....
cna you tell him that youre actually spending more money in fixing that thing? tell him you can be saving more if you buy a new one that would not be broken and be fixed again and again... -
CreativeWoman said on Jul 21, 2008....
queen,
Through some process of elimination detective work this morning, we've found that the well pump is bad. He's been trying to fix the wrong problem. sigh... Anyway, a new pump has been ordered and should be installed sometime this week. Keep your fingers crossed.
CW
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Mamie said on Jul 21, 2008....
uh-oh here comes my mean streak....I say fix it and then water-board him! did I say that out loud? -
CreativeWoman said on Jul 21, 2008....
Mamie,
The new well pump has been ordered....Is marriage bound by the Geneva Convention? :-) I think I'll just torture him by making him prepay for another five hypnotherapy sessions. That should do it.
CW
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silverwhisper said on Jul 21, 2008....
CW, i'm afraid i have nothing to add that hasn't already been said. :<
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CreativeWoman said on Jul 22, 2008....
Ed,
It's ok. I felt better after venting. I just need to focus on the things that make me happy.
CW
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