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( Aug. 20th, 2014 05:07 pm)


A day to celebrate! Last fall people on our street were called to a meeting by the city. Being some of the last residents in the city to still have septic system. The county - the state EPA and the Federal EPA have been pushing for the replacement or installation of sanitary sewers. The city had determined that it was not practical to run sewers, most people here have lots more than 100 feet wide with houses just as far back; still that called for replacement of aging septic systems. From the meeting it looked as if ours would need replaced just because it was old and did not meet modern standards. So, i put off calling for a test for months because i really didn't want to spend more than $12,000 on a new system - who would? We got a second letter from the county last week and i finally called. I explained how good the soil is here and that there is never any overflow from the system. They ran a dye through it and watched for signs for an hour and well, all is well!



Later on i accompanied #1daughter to the university up the street and helped her look for books she will need. She wrote down prices and will compare what she can find online. Still, she spent almost $200 on three books!
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( Aug. 6th, 2009 11:07 pm)
A couple days ago, i dismantled part of the play tower i had built for the kids, seemingly, not that many years ago. I took down the slide and the balance beam since these were the most decrepit parts; the main tower still survives though. A couple years back, #1son was using the slide as a launch for snowboard but even that has been awhile.

Of course, i had mixed feelings taking down even, part of the tower. The reason to do it now is that #1daughter's 16th birthday is coming soon and we plan a big outside party. 16! Unbelievable. Not that it's all fun. This summer has been a test; she constantly pushes her boundaries, and has a great sense of the perceived, injustices done to her by life!

I am ready for school to start, the kids are ready for school to start, why doesn't it just start.

Both have summer homework this year. #1son is not handling this concept well. "Night" is not what anyone would call light summer reading; #1daughter hated it when she read the book two years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_(book)



We bought a corn hole set for the party and just to have around. I understand that not everyone in the world may be familier with corn-hole; it's basically a bean bag toss game; get the bag in the hole.

getting late..i should try and get a little sleep
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