Ya Know Yur a Redneck When.......

Yur sewer freezes up!

YUP! BIG TME!

Ray had just gone to work on Tuesday, and I was in the shower and had just put shampoo in my hair, when the tub started filling up......*horrors!

Fastest shower I ever had!

Called Ray on his cell, and said, "Don't fool around tonight when you're done work, the sewer's froze!"

So Tuesday when I got home from work, I crawled under the trailor.
Found a heat tape, NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING AT ALL!
Don't know what that was about!
But put that on the miles of pipe under there, and found a new one in the pump house and put that one on.
Ray got home, and took his heat gun under there.
No such luck.

Our maintenance guy at work is a plumber.
Wednesday when I got to work, I told him what happened, and said, "It feels like I crawled 16 miles last night!"
R., "Gail, I'm a plumber."
Me, "OH yeah, no sympathy there I guess!" lol

Thursday, I went under there with the heat gun, and did the last 3 miles 20 feet of pipe.
The pipes were cracking, like they were unthawing, so I worked at it for 3 hours.
Nothin!

I told R. at work that I couldn't do dishes, laundry, diddly.
R., "I think You're a PRINCESS."
Me, "If I were a PRINCESS I'd a called a freakin plumber!"

Yesterday was Breakfast Club at the OFH, so I get off early. Usually I go to my 'other' job for a few hours.
Instead, I bought another heat tape, to put on the last 3 miles 20 feet of pipe that didn't have heat tape on.
I came home to put it on while it was still light out.
I put the new one on, rerouted one that I'd put on Tuesday, then started the waiting game.

Kids came last night to play games.
We played Monopoly, and Taboo.
At one point in the evening, I excused myself to use the washroom.
K, "Get out of there, that's our bathroom, use your own."
Me, "Love to, but the whole end is froze up!"

This morning decided to go to my 'other' job.
Cause I couldn't do laundry, dishes, diddly!
Came home, and Ray was just home ahead of me. He'd stopped in town and rented a fan and a small herman nelson. Don't know what they're really called, but it's a heater.
I went into our bathroom, and the water was out of the tub!
So the dishes are done in the sink, and the dishwasher, bathroom is clean, and I did 2 loads of laundry.
When the first one was in, I went outside to see if I could hear the water going into the septic tank.
I. UNTHAWED. THE. SEWER. ALL BY MYSELF!
All the way to the tank BABY!

I figure I earned my first year of plumbing apprenticeship!

Sooo, got a few pictures for you.

Isn't the hoar frost beautiful!?

This tree's been leaning over the road since we had the freezing rain early in the fall!

Here are the Tags for the Swap. I have to make one more, people keep joining!

There wasn't a theme, we were just supposed to be creative...thing is I put all my stuff away, cause I thought I had enough. Now I'll haul it out to make one more!

I used up some of my scrap card stock!

Better go, getting tired, and I have another craft on the go! I'll post a pic next time!

Ta ta for now!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

It's supposed to be warming up though!
Only -4C by Friday!

We went shopping to PR today.
Got my groceries for the next 3 weeks!

It's  a shame, we only have one grocery store in town, and the sky is the limit for pricing.
Let me tell you my dog food story....just in case I haven't told you to your face.

Shadow needed food. She'll eat Alpo, Ol' Roy, Pedigree etc.
We don't feed her Mainstay, cause there's nothing nutrutious in it, and we like her.
(Same mutt I took to the vet!)
Anyhoo, I purchased a bag in town, at the hardware store. Cost me just over 50 bucks with the GST.
That same bag of dog food, and ANY store south of here is at least $20.00 cheaper.
20 Bucks!
That ONE ITEM pays for my gas to drive an hour away to do my shopping! And that's JUST the dog food!
Thank you for shopping locally!

I love the bargin bins! Bread, vegies, just stuff....Ray's sister won't get bargin bin items!?

I was going to break out the snow blower and move some snow....our paths are slowly all looking like snowy yard!
Guess there's tomorrow!
The Christmas stuff is put away for another year.
Just the cheerful Snowmen are left, and they get to stay until the Easter Bunny needs to make an appearance; and THAT is often when there's STILL snow!

I'm going to e-mail the kids and tell them I'm making Baked Pasta tomorrow.
K is only here for another few weeks!

I took a pic of the snow couple outside on a timer.

Aren't they just so happy out there in the cold!?

The kids got me this awesome centerpiece, which by the way still looks pretty damn good. And some wine with gold flecks in it, which led to the conversation on game night Monday......somebody mentioned something about I wonder if your SH&% glows when it comes out the ....you know!

Ray & I also got tickets to go see Charlie Pride.

We've seen him, but really enjoyed it!

Monday when the kids came out, we played Taboo. It is hilarious, and hard!

It gives you a word, and then words you CAN'T say to give hints to your team!

Also, NO gestures or noises! It was great fun!

Better go, I'm behind in my laundry now, and I have some tags to make for a swap I'm in.

Ta ta for now!