OK, Kids....

What's up with this? Why do we have three jugs of syrup open at one time?

Firewood II

That pile of firewood only lasted until Tuesday. We have not gathered firewood this year so I hope we have enough at this rate.

Firewood

Nathan hauled in firewood and stacked up a large pile. With daytime highs in the low 60's and nights in the 40's, how long do you think this pile of wood will last us? Of course today is Saturday and Keith is working at home, so he likes it warm when he is just sitting with the computer. We have been burning the wood since about 10:00 A.M.

Nathan said he would rather haul a lot of wood at once rather than making a mess everyday. We also are getting a bunch of daddy-long-legs hitching a ride in the house on this wood.

Chili Dogs

We usually eat spaghetti for Friday night dinners. Last week I decided to change things up a bit so we had chili dogs. This week we will be having Winco pizza for Friday night: haven't had pizza in ages!

I try to have plans for dinner, but I have had a hard time lately. Maybe it is the change of seasons.

Usually the menu goes like this:
Sun~ scrambled or boiled eggs and toast
Mon~ meat and potatoes
Tues~ ?
Wed~ ?
Thurs~ Mexican
Fri~ Spaghetti
Sat~ Hamburgers

How about some good and easy dinner suggestions, especially for ground beef?

You know you live in Central CA when...

This is the Severe Weather Warning for Central California for this week as found on weather.com today. I think we will get a spritz of rain because I decided to do my biannual window washing.

Watches and Warnings

Visalia Forecast

WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-

SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-

MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-

TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-

235 AM PDT WED OCT 29 2008

...AN END TO THE DRY WEATHER IS ON THE WAY...

AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF MILD AND DRY WEATHER...A CHANGE TO COOLER

AND WETTER WEATHER WILL TAKE PLACE LATE THIS WEEK AND ESPECIALLY

THIS WEEKEND OVER THE REGION.

A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

THE FIRST IMPULSE WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY BRINGING JUST SOME CLOUDS.

A SECOND SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO

AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF KINGS AND TULARE COUNTIES. A THIRD...AND

MORE IMPORTANTLY...WETTER AND COOLER SYSTEM IS SLATED FOR LATER

SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND IT WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY. DUE TO THE

STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER MOST THE AREA.

AT THIS TIME RAINFALL TOTALS ARE UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER A WETTING

RAIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY OCCUR AT MOST LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL

CALIFORNIA INTERIOR.

PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS LATER THIS WEEK AND OVER

THE UPCOMING WEEKEND SHOULD PREPARE FOR WET WEATHER. CHECK RAIN

GUTTERS FOR DEBRIS AND BRING INDOORS ITEMS WHICH MAY BECOME

DAMAGED BY RAIN WATER.

Monday, Monday

There is something about Mondays. One should never plan too much to fill that day, because it will get filled up with the unexpected. Lorissa looked out the window and noticed our mailbox standing all crooked. So we went out and determined that some vehicle loaded with tree branches had scraped by it. We pushed it back into place, removed the leaves, and hoped the dented box will still keep our mail safe.

At lunch time I was reading emails and I sniffed wet soil. Sure we had some sprinkles on Saturday but I shouldn't be still smelling the dampness. A sniff at the heater vent in the living room and Renee's room verified the damp smell was coming from under the house. Nathan crawled under the house and confirmed that my washing machine was draining under the house about in the area of the bend in the hallway. Could this be in anyway connected with the plumber coming out about 3 Mondays ago when he had to unclog the bathroom sink? The same Monday when he punched a hole in the elbow under the sink and sewer water drained into the bottom cupboard and bathroom floor? When he explained that this can also happen when you snake out other lines, which we had him do because that one usually clogs on a Monday which coincides with the main laundry day at our house?

Then Richard from the next door warehouse comes by, while I am on the cell phone talking to Nathan who is under the house to check out what is happening. He wonders if we could help him get rid of some frozen stuff because he has more than his freezer can handle. Sure we could, but there goes another 45 minutes.

Well, today is Tuesday and a plumber fixed the leak so we can finish laundry, run the dishwasher and drain the water out of the kitchen sink. The mail was delivered to the dented box, and we heated up the frozen goodies and enjoyed them for our 10:00 AM snack. Now I better get going so I can get caught up before next Monday.

Church Camp at Kaweah River Resort

We went camping at Kaweah River Resort with a group from church on Sept 26-28. It was very relaxing, had worship with Pastor Dieleman on "The Tabernacle As a Shadow", a short walk up a dry creek bed, Saturday night potluck, and Sunday morning breakfast. It was quite hot in the afternoons so we were pretty tired when we got back home.