September 27th 2007 02:44 pm
Under the weather of leaves
Something must have struck us lately, for most of the week we’ve been somewhat zombie-fied, tired andlethargic. No other sick symptoms than a runny nose, which I chalked up to allergies or reactions to all the dust from the fields. One night we even just lay there watching a movie in my bedroom - with no sound but the subtitles on.
It wasn’t until I tried to scrunch lower down under the covers that I realized someone short-sheet my bed. I leaned over and smacked Ron on the arm. “WHAT?” he laughed. Sarah came in while I was still ranting at Ron, and she was grinning. You’d think with her birthday around the corner she’d wouldn’t be up to no good like that.
Otherwise, it’s been quiet. Ron did redo the dryer vent to the outside. I wanted to take pictures of the before and after, but he said it’d require too much explaining and was too head-shaking. We also stood around in the basement looking at the plumbing. It is a spectacular example of how to use as much pipe as possible. One section even does a u-turn, and anothe, instead of going straight across, goes left then two rights to get to the same point. Pictures when we get to fixing that who knows when.
We had weird weather too. It was cloudy, darkly overcast, sunny and hot, gale force winds then rain. And that was just YESTERDAY.
Fall colors are starting to get really bright here, so I think we may go on a photo hunt soon.
With the cold, we’re thinking about how we’d like to heat the house. There’s a sorry looking oil furnace down there, so we’re weighing the cost of gettign that running and a tank of oil (ew) versus something like a pellet stove.
And Thanksgiving is next weekend, so I have to cook for whoever is going to show up.
I know, I’m boring today. 
I had tons of ideas that all fly away when I open the “write post” window. *sigh* I bet a million little things will happen now.
3 Comments »
wendy on 27 Sep 2007 at 4:39 pm #
I feel all “growed up” when I get excited about projects like dryer vents. We recently took ours down, cleaned it, and shortened it by a few feet for efficiency. I was nearly giddy at the increased dryer efficiency!
(and I love that your kids short sheet your bed and do fun stuff like that. (and your husband, since he was suspect #1!) Sounds like one hell of an awesome family you have there, from all the stories I read…..)
christine on 28 Sep 2007 at 9:59 am #
What? No pictures??
At least you got a good enough deal on the house to feel okay having to fix all those weird things like the plumbing. You have to take pictures of that!
kim on 01 Oct 2007 at 10:56 am #
We’re home sick today, which is the only reason i found ten minutes to catch up with you and the crew. Sounds like fall and glum and rain and sick is starting its annual trek.