May 29, 2008 - Rainy Day...

We've gotten over 2 inches today of rain.  And it is pouring again.  So what does one do on a rainy day? 

Well, I didn't plan out our rainy day, it sort of happened.  We started school as usual.  I then started a new bean recipe in the crock pot.  It was to be done by 9 pm (lol).  But my cooker cooks faster, so it was done by 6:30 pm.  It was good, but not terrific.  I was trying to figure out what you would eat it with.  It was a basic white bean recipe with onions and some herbs and some chopped spinach added at the end.  I still am unsure what I would eat with it. 

I also put some frozen chicken in the crock pot.  That was done about 8 pm.  I am letting it cool at the moment.  I will shred the meat off and add barbeque sauce tomorrow and make buns for barbequed chicken sandwiches... a new family favorite.   I made it a few weeks ago and they still haven't stopped talking about it.  So, that is tomorrow's planned lunch. 

When the rain let up this morning a bit, we ran the garbage down the end of the lane, as Dh forgot.  A couple hours later I remembered that pick up was delayed a day because of memorial day... so he didn't forget, I did!  LOL.  None of the storms today have blown it over, which is nice.  I guess it is ready for tomorrow.

Shortly after lunch, the rainsoft man came to do repairs on our water conditioner.  I guess a motor was broke, so it had to be replaced as well as a few other things... $635 later... it is fixed and running smoothly again.  The girls will be thankful their hair won't turn orange as quickly.  I am thankful as the clothes were all getting dingy as our water is SOOO hard.  And cleaning will become easier again as the shower is currently ORANGE as is my washing machine!   I wish it wasn't so much, but we dont' have alot of choice out in the country.  It's either replace hot water heaters and clothes and tiles and such because the damage the water does to the equipment and to our clothes and other items... or it is pay to have this conditioner.   I guess part of our tax rebate went to fixing that.  I hadn't paid the Sears card yet because of a few repairs that needed doing and we were unsure what the cost would be... this one turned out expensive! 

When the repairman was downstairs working in the basement, I was cleaning the entry way.  I put some things away and cleared off the counter.  We will see how long it stays clean.  *Ü* 

I entered the spelling words into the computer spelling program for Megan this afternoon.  I figured the checkbooks, figured our budget, and worked on some dishes after the rainsoft repairman had left.  A note about that which was funny.  He was a timid kind of man... He knew what he was doing, but when it came to telling me about the COSTS of the bill, his hands shook.  But he talked to my husband over the phone just fine.  Anyways, as I was writing the check out for the payment, he timidly asks me... do you homeschool?  I said yes, and then he just started talking and talking and it was kinda funny.  I really felt for him.  They want to homeschool starting next year as their son isn't doing well in public school, he says the kids pick on him because he has autism and he ends up getting into a lot of fights.  I gave him information for our states requirements and how to find out how to get started by contacting the state organization and that they will send you a contact in your area whom he could then ask questions that would help him in his area better.  He was very grateful. 

I then started supper.  After supper, I gave Paige a bath and then I stuck calamine lotion on half her fly bites and charcoal on the other half.  We will see tomorrow which helps them the best.  Hers are starting to either blister or puss up and I wanted to get them dried up... she is now in the itching stage of the bite.  She slept horribly last night waking up just to scratch at her bites. 

I finally sat down at the computer, posted a few more items on my store and now a post before I head off to bed myself. 

Dh is resting watching tv.  He went to the doctor finally and is telling us how he has bronchitis... so bad that it is bordering on pneumonia... I laugh as he tells the girls about it... he makes it sound so dreadful.  Megan asked me if he was contagious.  I had to tell her that the germ is contagious, but whether you get bronchitis or not is not up to the germ, but rather up to her in how she takes care of herself.  She says... is this the same germ I had last week?  I laughed and said that it was likely the same GERM that we've all been battling with runny noses... Dad's just happend to crawl down his neck and get into his chest.  She smiled, thinking she had BEAT the GERM! 

The news is on, so that means it is near time for bed.  We've had alot of rain the last hour or so and looks like it will rain all night on us.  I hope my garden seeds don't get washed up as there are puddles everywhere and this is the first rain since I planted.  My flower garden is a mess of puddles and such.  We will see what happened with those seeds in a few days. 

(I had to unplug the computer due to a bad storm passing through last night before I got time to post).  This morning we found we were in the 4-8 inch range for rain for yesterday.  I believe it... the creek is out of it's banks... just a half mile over. 

Warmly, ~Melissa

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