Blursday
Dearest,
Once again I have to start out with What a Day! Up and out of bed at about the usual time 7:00, the well guy was supposed to arrive first thing, 8:30 no well guy. 9:00 call him on his cell, he's on his way. 9:30 he finally arrives yada, yada, pulled the pump, broken wires! I had water by 11:00. Since we had disturbed the well though the water was very muddy, totally clogged the filters after about 10 - 15 minutes. I went on a cleaning frenzy. Meanwhile emailing back and forth with your friend Gail. At one point everything in the house was wet. Kim called! Floored me! Said she'd heard "through the grapevine" about what happened, that "grapevine has roots in Aruba or I don't look like Santa Claus. Finally, everything cleaned, two filters changed, shower for me. Halfway through my shower the filter clogged again, curses! Off to the hardware store for other filters, got some 20 micron and some 10 micron sediment filters, put a 20 in, tomorrow I'll jump back up to 10. Washing machine won't fill, the little filter in it, totally clogged! Take that out, clean it and resume laundry. Then Gail shows up to pick up those books you left her. She brought me some noodle pudding. You remember I teased you about having that for dinner? We called it Chocolate cake for dinner. I remember, sadly I remember it well. Nap Time!!
I kept hearing children laughing all around me as I fell asleep, I would awaken listen a while, hear nothing, and start to fall asleep again. Happened twice. Then finally sleep and dreams of you, we were cooking. Don't know what, but we were laughing and preparing food in the kitchen. It was a time, some time ago. I woke up so sad. A bright sunny, relatively warm day has become a cold, dark, lonely night. As I always said though, "it's always darkest just before it gets totally black!"
Damn cats were driving me crazy! I was making the bed and I stop to answer the phone, turn around and there's a cat curled up in the middle of the bed. They kept doing that! Finally I threatened them both with exile to the snow encrusted yard. Haven't seen a cat since, and you said that it's of no use to threaten them. Still have to put the pillow cases on and soon make dinner, I'm actually going to cook tonight since I can wish dishes again.
I was just looking at the stars, thought about Agora, how you insisted we see the European version. Saw a falling star. Made a wish. You know what I wished for.
Wish You Were Here, Your Ken
Note;Kim was my girlfriend before Abby.
Once again I have to start out with What a Day! Up and out of bed at about the usual time 7:00, the well guy was supposed to arrive first thing, 8:30 no well guy. 9:00 call him on his cell, he's on his way. 9:30 he finally arrives yada, yada, pulled the pump, broken wires! I had water by 11:00. Since we had disturbed the well though the water was very muddy, totally clogged the filters after about 10 - 15 minutes. I went on a cleaning frenzy. Meanwhile emailing back and forth with your friend Gail. At one point everything in the house was wet. Kim called! Floored me! Said she'd heard "through the grapevine" about what happened, that "grapevine has roots in Aruba or I don't look like Santa Claus. Finally, everything cleaned, two filters changed, shower for me. Halfway through my shower the filter clogged again, curses! Off to the hardware store for other filters, got some 20 micron and some 10 micron sediment filters, put a 20 in, tomorrow I'll jump back up to 10. Washing machine won't fill, the little filter in it, totally clogged! Take that out, clean it and resume laundry. Then Gail shows up to pick up those books you left her. She brought me some noodle pudding. You remember I teased you about having that for dinner? We called it Chocolate cake for dinner. I remember, sadly I remember it well. Nap Time!!
I kept hearing children laughing all around me as I fell asleep, I would awaken listen a while, hear nothing, and start to fall asleep again. Happened twice. Then finally sleep and dreams of you, we were cooking. Don't know what, but we were laughing and preparing food in the kitchen. It was a time, some time ago. I woke up so sad. A bright sunny, relatively warm day has become a cold, dark, lonely night. As I always said though, "it's always darkest just before it gets totally black!"
Damn cats were driving me crazy! I was making the bed and I stop to answer the phone, turn around and there's a cat curled up in the middle of the bed. They kept doing that! Finally I threatened them both with exile to the snow encrusted yard. Haven't seen a cat since, and you said that it's of no use to threaten them. Still have to put the pillow cases on and soon make dinner, I'm actually going to cook tonight since I can wish dishes again.
I was just looking at the stars, thought about Agora, how you insisted we see the European version. Saw a falling star. Made a wish. You know what I wished for.
Wish You Were Here, Your Ken
Note;Kim was my girlfriend before Abby.
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Glad everything is \"running\" in your house again. Here\'s just a little tip.......when my dog (Brutus) doesn\'t want to get off the bed......I just start making it over him.......sometimes he jumps off.....sometimes I just have a lump in the bed. It doesn\'t work to threaten him either.........silly little guy has my number!!!
Ken, you crack me up. I\'m glad you have water. Wells must be a lot of trouble. I know you are glad you had the time off, when this happened. I\'ll be glad to see it, when you change your mood to OK. Stop harrassing the cats, you know they will always win.
Paula
Dianne,
That doesn\'t work with cats. The buried in the blankets cat soon gets attacked by the unburied cat, a scuffle ensues, and before you can say \"You Damn cats better cut it out\" the entire bed is undone and you have to start over.
Glad you have running water again. I have never heard of noodle pudding, sounds like a confused dish. Well, I hope it was good!
Your cat stories crack me up. What is it with cats and blankets? Mine was banished from the bedroom because I got tired of leaping off the bed every time my foot wiggled under the covers. My sister in law says she has to take meds for restless leg syndrome. I told her borrow my cat about a week, I bet he can cure it!
The cats are just doing their job. Making us work. Didn\'t you know thats our purpose, to wait on the cats. A dog is happy to be your companion, a cat thinks you exist to cater to them. You only have two, I have six and the dog. Glad you have water again. It helps make life easier.
Sounds like New England to me. It sure is keeping you busy! Aruba must be nice this time of year! Cats are not dogs-both has trade-offs (just like life) May 2011 be a gentler year of healing, growth and happy surprises!-Hug& yes Prayer-Pam
Angie,
That\'s why guys generally don\'t like cats. It\'s not too bad in the winter with all the blankets but in the hot weather when you have just a sheet over you. Anything that moves under that sheet is a mouse and needs to be attacked. I think I remember a book about that, Sleeping With Cats by Claude Bawles.
Ken
Ken, Would you please explain noodle pudding to all of us here. You have certainly peaked my curiosity. Diane
Noodle pudding? I think it\'s a Jewish thing. Abby made it as a dessert, so do the other people I know who make it. The recipes are closely guarded secrets I gather. There\'s a basic one here;
http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/crossculturalnoodles/r/noodlekugel.htm
Ken