Have you been swimming?

Ok, so got our well repaired last week. It’s only been broken for about 1 year or so. Some idiot guy that used to be our neighbor backed into it and said nothing but, "Hey, I just busted your well."

But hey, it still pumped water in, so we just kinda lived with it. We called the well people, but they were booked solid for several months, so we got on a waiting list. Apparently Christmas is a slow time for well people because they very nicely came out and fixed our well.

What I didn’t realize when I got home was that not only did they fix it, but they treated it as well. For those of you that aren't familiar with the highly technical aspects of well treating it goes kinda like this:

Open 7-10 jugs of Chlorine Bleach
Open top of well
Dump all jugs of Chorine into well
Close top of well

It is the homeowners responsiblity to then run the water out of all of the faucets in the house for a good 1/2 hour to an hour.

But remember, I didn't know that they treated the well.

So I come home from work, and make my daily pitcher of kool aid for my heathens children. Suddenly, I start smelling Chlorine bleach. I’m standing at my sink, looking around my kitchen, wondering if DH had cleaned something with bleach (as if!!). I don't notice any white streaks on anything, or any spills on the floor. Hmmmm...

I start picking up my dishes to see if my dishwashing detergent has a hint of bleach in it. No, none of my dishes smell like bleach..hmmmm..

I look under my sink to see if my bleach has someone been opened by mice, or maybe cleaning fairies really exist!!

Nope, nothing to it under the sink either.

Damn...where is that smell coming from....oh well,I'll just add the sugar to the koolaid and start stirring...

That's when it hits me...OMG!!!! I could have killed my kids!!!

The bleach is coming from my faucets!!!! Jeeeessssuuuuusss H. Crimeny.......

So after I dump the kool aid out,(damn it, I just wasted precious sugar) I ask my DH if he had known about the well treatment.

No...is that what that bleach smell is??

Ummm Yeah.

So, I run the water for awhile, and promptly forget about it.

My daughter mentions that she wants a bath. Ok, cool. I run back, turn on the water, and then go about the house collecting dirty clothes to throw into the washer while the kids bathe...

"MOM....MOOOOMMMM...MY EYES ARE BURNING!!"

OMFG!! I FORGOT ABOUT RUNNING THE BATHROOM FAUCET. I run back to make sure my daughters face isn't dripping off the bones (in my mind bleach is a lot like acid). Here her face wasn't even wet, but the bleach in the air stung my eyes as I walked in.

So amidst angry tears at not getting a bath, I drain the bathwater...

Anyhow, it's over a week now, and while we are able to bath and drink as normal, there's still a "tinge" of bleach.

Which is why every day someone will ask me, "Have you been swimming?"

I'm gonna bust your....

Ok, ok, I know I haven't blogged in awhile. I have valid reasons. Honest.

My other admin was out, so I actually had a full day of work to do...and then some.

My step mother has started chemo, and I have been given the blessing of taking her to all of her doctor's appointments. Because, well, she is estranged from her son, one of my sister's lives out of state and the other one has a week old baby, plus 3 other kids to take care of.

Sigh, so there....that's reason enough.

But I do have a cute story to share.

As most of you know, I have 3 dogs. I have 2 Rottweilers who are mostly outside dogs, and I have 1 Amstaff Terrier that is totally inside. She is the baby.

Anyhow, if it gets really cold outside, we bring the rotties in. But we have to barricade them in the kitchen, because they both have a leakage problem due to being fixed. Just urine, but I'm not having them leak onto my carpet.

Ok, so anyhow, we make up a barricade using my card table and computer chair, so that we can easily get in and out of the kitchen, but they can't easily get into the living room.

My lovely little children ran into the card table while playing and knocked it down. Well I was in the middle of cooking dinner, so I didn't rush over to put it back up.

I then catch a movement out of the corner of my ass. My children are using my card table as a running/sliding thing!!

The first thing I thought was, damnit they are going to break my table!!! Then what will be cut deer up on???? Hmmmm? Did they think of that as they were jumping and running and sliding??? HMMMMM?

My next thought was, I can just picture one of them falling off of it, and busting their head open. (I'm a pretty laid back mom, but I do like to try to prevent trips to the hospital.)

I realize that I must impress the importance of safety upon them.

So I say in a stern Mommy voice: "Prince and Princess, if you break my table, I'm going to break your butt"

Brilliant, I think!! I make a threat to physically hurt them, so that they feel compelled to be safe, and not hurt themselves.

Then I hear Princess whispering to Prince, "If she breaks our butt, we don't have another one. How will we poop without a butt?"

Then to me she says: "Mom, how are we supposed to poop if you break our butts?"

I breath a deep sigh like breath and clench my teeth. Then I release the tension and turn to look at her and the boy.

"Keep playing on that, and you'll find out, you hear me?"

There, that'll show her!!

Today is a bad day.

Serious money problems.

The other admin. is not here today so I am overwhelmed here at work.

My step mom is having a nervous breakdown, and I'm the only child close enough to go comfort her.

My youngest sister is considering selling her eggs.

My middle other sister is going to have a baby on Thursday, and requested that I drive down to the hospital each day that she is there and also to her home after she gets home. Just to check on her. Considering it's an hour drive each way, not including the 25 mins. to pick up my kids first....

I'm overwhelmed.

Rudolph is on tonight!!

Yep, the ol' claymation is rearing it's yearly head.

I haven't watched these since I was a kid. It seems kinda odd that I haven't watched them. I mean, they are classics.

But I prefer CSI. But I think a CSI done in claymation would be silly, and would never reach the status of a classic.

But now I have wee ones, and I get to introduce them to the wonder of these beauties.

Good thing I have DVR, or they would have to miss this memory in order for me to watch whatever is on tonight.

We'll see if they sit and watch it for the full duration....