Reed Ranch- Cute & Tasty

Tuesday November 21, 2006





Company arrived around 3pm. My parents arrived first and within a twenty minutes Aunt Midge arrived. And with in the hour Grandma Reed returned from PA. The girls were very excited to see everyone. We decided to go to WalMart shopping after dinner to get supplies for our Thanksgiving feast. Asa, Grandma Reed and the girls stayed home. Right before we were leaving to go to Walmart everyone made their pitstop to the bathroom. It was right after dinner and Walmart is a half hour away. The toilet started to give us problems flushing but things were moving. This has happened before; a little time and plunging, it always worked itself out. While in WalMart we recieved the phone call to get a snake, wax toilet seal and Ridix. The toilets not working. Oh no. By the time we finished shopping and got back home it was 9:30pm. My dad got stuck with the snake duty because no one else had used one before except Aunt Midge and she didnt volunteer. After using the snake, going into the cellar to look at the pipes and looking at the septic tank outside, the diagonsis was a full septic tank. Oh no! The toilet was off limits. Our one and only toilet. You could pee in the toilet but the lines were so backed up it was leaking in the cellar. It was an iteresting evening. Luckily there was no full moon in the sky. We all had our ways of compensating for no bathroom. It wasnt a big deal for my Father or Asa. they just went outside. They probaly enjoyed it. The whole man and nature, peeing in the woods thing. I also chose peeing outside, however it was very cold and frosty and I had to go at least five times. It wasnt much fun going outside so many times. I wont mention any names but other means of pee disposal were a pull up, sitting on the toilet while holding a diaper under you to catch the urine and just peeing straight into the toilet so it slowly drained from the bowl to drip in the cellar.





The morning was interesting. No one wanted to eat breakfast for fear of having to poop with no toilet. AR came to the breakfast table and told everyone the toilet flushed. Like what is the issue. She didnt understand it may have flushed but who knows were the urine water just went. The girls, Aunt Midge and I left around 9:00 am to go to Ogdensberg to meet with Asa. We had to stop at the library to "drop of some books". LOL . Kind of like "dropping the boys off at the pool". LOL. At least AR and Aunt Midge used the facilities, I needed to use the computer (for real, I had to forward our closing papers to the bank and our computer at home was down). That morning the big event was all about poop. Who went and where and if there were still any survivors of holding it. QT was so lucky she was in diapers. Here is how the report went. My Dad went at breakfast at the North Star with my Mom. Grandma Reed went to Kinney's twice. Aunt Midge the Library and a convience store on the way home from Ogdensberg. AR the Library. Asa he went at work. Here is the final stage of the Poop Report. When Aunt Midge and I got home from Ogdensberg we thought the septic guy would have already been to the house, but he had called and said he wouldnt make it until a few more hours. We had been home for a while and Aunt Midge had to go again. I told her she should drive to the library again but she refused. I dont think she could move much because she had to go so bad. She was just kind of stuck in the seat until she could figure out what she was going to do. She was about ready to go behind one of the barns when someone came up with the idea of putting a plastic bag over the seat of the toilet and pooping in the bag. Then to double bag it and discard in the outside trash. As for me I was very lucky and never actually had to poop. Maybe its because I had to pee so much the night before I was spared.





This may not be funny to anyone else but I sure am laughing just trying to retell the story.





When the Septic tank service person finally did arrive it was past 2pm. But the toilets are working wonderful now.





While in Ogdensberg Asa and I signed the papers to sell our house. The buyers will sign on Monday. We are praying it is a smooth transition.





When Grandma Reed, Cheryl, came back from PA she came driving our new farm truck. We are no longer Purist Mini Van farmers. We have a new to use Chevy 4x4 Truck. It is very nice and works great for Hay and Trash.




Wednesday Mornings Frost. We had great weather for Thanksgiving. It was beautiful!