tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post5575196223421019067..comments2024-03-22T14:46:37.849-04:00Comments on A Fly on Our (Chicken Coop) Wall: Turns Out, an Overflowing Septic Tank Wasn't My Worst Problem of the Day, 7QTChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-36300857231111753912014-02-18T07:32:17.547-05:002014-02-18T07:32:17.547-05:00We don't do anything to ours. Both houses we&...We don't do anything to ours. Both houses we've lived in have had septic systems, and we've never done anything except have them emptied every so often. Every 3 years seems to be the norm. <br />I'm confused as to why the installer said to keep the bacteria down. It's the bacteria which breaks everything down. When ours gets emptied, he leaves some "sludge" at the bottom so the tank doesn't have to start from scratch and grow new bacteria.<br />She does need to see whether or not she has a filter to clean every year!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-60481083814747651872014-02-18T07:28:57.571-05:002014-02-18T07:28:57.571-05:00Well, thank you, Kristi. You are a real friend, u...Well, thank you, Kristi. You are a real friend, unlike those laughers up above. :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-63631175982239589742014-02-17T22:19:56.436-05:002014-02-17T22:19:56.436-05:00my daughter just bought her first house, which has...my daughter just bought her first house, which has a septic tank. Any tips on how to manage the thing? Do you drop a packet of yeast in the toilet once a month? That's what the installer told her helps keep the bacteria down. 1 packet, per each person, per month. Glad you found that missing sock. :-) Marianne (Mare) Baker Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663143060069193124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-86159744423821107782014-02-17T15:54:32.974-05:002014-02-17T15:54:32.974-05:00No way. I'm totally not laughing at you becaus...No way. I'm totally not laughing at you because instead, I am very happy for you that it was only a sock. <br />FREAKING YIKES though!!!Kristi Campbellhttp://www.findingninee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-90437336026184700352014-02-15T19:52:34.415-05:002014-02-15T19:52:34.415-05:00So am I! :)
I'm glad you got a laugh out of t...So am I! :)<br />I'm glad you got a laugh out of the telling. Something good (besides a clean filter) coming out of it makes it all a little easier.<br /><br />Everything that goes wrong/gets broken is a child's fault. Always! :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-74844019274000603412014-02-15T19:50:12.716-05:002014-02-15T19:50:12.716-05:00Thank you for saying this was written pleasantly. ...Thank you for saying this was written pleasantly. <br />Who wants to put money on me forgetting all about that filter next year when it's supposed to be cleaned again?<br /><br />Oh, thank you for those well wishes. Crossing my fingers...Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-9807642009249560272014-02-15T19:48:01.342-05:002014-02-15T19:48:01.342-05:00Thank you!
That mudroom is my favorite thing in ...Thank you! <br />That mudroom is my favorite thing in my house. Even better than my bed. I don't know how I lived without it for so many years.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-80125285837303041662014-02-15T19:47:14.493-05:002014-02-15T19:47:14.493-05:00No heat and frozen whatever is bad! No heat is so...No heat and frozen whatever is bad! No heat is something that could push me to tears.<br /><br />Completely and utterly true. My imagination isn't that good.<br /><br />I will never find out. I won't even ask.<br /><br />I am glad the filter is clean. I would have preferred it was cleaned in warm weather, but, yes, it is clean.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-23188023549678792822014-02-15T19:44:26.243-05:002014-02-15T19:44:26.243-05:00I most certainly thought about leaving him to do i...I most certainly thought about leaving him to do it on his own. Unfortunately, I had 4 kids waiting for me to pick them up at school. I didn't want to leave him there while I was gone. (As I got in and out of my van, I was thinking about how much faster it would go if he started shoveling.)<br />How rude of your neighbor! If I ever heard of one of my boys acting like that, I'd pop them!<br />As for the sock, it wasn't necessarily the person to whom it belongs. They all do laundry from the communal basket in the bathroom. I'm kind of afraid to know who actually dropped it.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-72773538408144691342014-02-15T17:51:48.779-05:002014-02-15T17:51:48.779-05:00It was all worth it, simply because I have a clean...It was all worth it, simply because I have a clean filter.<br /><br />No, it wasn't. But I'm glad to at least know it's there now.<br /><br />You're welcome. I think. :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-42752497181762340792014-02-15T17:50:30.937-05:002014-02-15T17:50:30.937-05:00The first question I asked the septic guy was abou...The first question I asked the septic guy was about the chances of the lines being frozen. That scared me the most.<br /><br />Stupid sock.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-7131720836333456762014-02-15T15:47:11.982-05:002014-02-15T15:47:11.982-05:00OHMYGOSH I AM SO SORRY you had to go through ALL O...OHMYGOSH I AM SO SORRY you had to go through ALL OF THAT!!!!! And I have to say, I was both laughing and in moments feeling such compassion for ya- it was so hard to stay serious with how you told this story!! And then you end it like THAT? Oh bless your heart!! You have certainly had a poopyhard week, my dear!!<br /><br />Go figure. Lesson learned? When in doubt, always know it's the kids' fault. LOLChris Carterhttp://themomcafe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-36869157916885690882014-02-14T16:46:31.268-05:002014-02-14T16:46:31.268-05:00Amazing you can write so pleasantly about somethin...Amazing you can write so pleasantly about something that would have sent me to the moon. Quite the ordeal to learn a feature of your new septic system, as if you're going to pull out that filter any time soon. LOL<br />Hopefully you will wind up this week in a relaxing, non-chore, no homeownership catastophe way.<br />May springtime come to your house first:)GirlieOnTheEdgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226101556766074271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-71430917649037254972014-02-14T14:42:14.682-05:002014-02-14T14:42:14.682-05:00Such a great post! Oh, how I feel for you! But tha...Such a great post! Oh, how I feel for you! But that mudroom. Still a dream, isn't it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624509801901211108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-16231899372346298412014-02-14T14:32:01.162-05:002014-02-14T14:32:01.162-05:00OH, wow...you are so right. Homeownership does jus...OH, wow...you are so right. Homeownership does just kinda bite. I thought our no heat problem with the frozen whatever in the pipe was bad - this is worse. So sorry! It's true, though, isn't it? You can't make up stuff this good so it really all must be true. May you never find the identity of the owner of the sock. It's probably better that way! But hey, let's look at the upside - now your filter is clean and your mudroom was insanely useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-23746404731384856702014-02-14T13:46:41.635-05:002014-02-14T13:46:41.635-05:00Don't I? :)
A diagram? That didn't ma...Don't I? :) <br /><br />A diagram? That didn't make you fall all over in gratitude?? Hahaha!<br /><br />Fortunately, I was here when the new system went in, so I knew where all the underground parts of the system are. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-84529639754631679152014-02-14T13:43:45.294-05:002014-02-14T13:43:45.294-05:00It could go in the World Record Book for highest p...It could go in the World Record Book for highest priced sock.<br /><br />Not laughing, but I am finding it a bit amusing. I'll get there. :)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-85768400602114893092014-02-14T13:42:47.191-05:002014-02-14T13:42:47.191-05:00You should apologize! How dare you laugh at my ba...You should apologize! How dare you laugh at my bad day! ;)<br /><br />I don't know which child it was, so they are safe. I'm just lumping them all together and putting them all at the bottom of the list.<br /><br />Thanks!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-42538128839025583102014-02-14T13:41:26.246-05:002014-02-14T13:41:26.246-05:00I could and I did. :)
I have not identified the ...I could and I did. :)<br /><br />I have not identified the child. I'm afraid what I would do to him. <br /><br />So far, so good. Although, it has been snowing like crazy for two hours, and I have to leave to get the kids from school soon. Still plenty of chances for the day to go sour.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-65621879960524124522014-02-14T13:32:33.374-05:002014-02-14T13:32:33.374-05:00People have asked the kids if I exaggerate in my p...People have asked the kids if I exaggerate in my posts. They always answered no. Honestly, there is no need to exaggerate when crap like this happens.<br />(Um, your overflowed toilet was way worse. That caused damage to the house! Ours was just some damage to an already messed up driveway.)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209807996463889703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-12298722433093530792014-02-14T12:59:07.871-05:002014-02-14T12:59:07.871-05:00And here I was mildly annoyed by the strapping you...And here I was mildly annoyed by the strapping young neighbor of the male persuasion who failed to give me a hand when he encountered me struggling to unearth my car from the snow this morning. I would have let the septic guy figure it out on his own when I saw he couldn't be bothered to help. Would have been quicker if he shoveled while you drove. What a tool! If I was you, I would have had to immediately have someone remove the offending sock from my presence before I could look at it long enough to determine its owner and throttle them. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-73725815701214961762014-02-14T11:04:51.177-05:002014-02-14T11:04:51.177-05:00Yikes...and for me to say "that's no fun&...Yikes...and for me to say "that's no fun" is so understating a poopyhead situation. Sorry about that. But now you know your filter is clean for the next year (or four)! <br /><br />Thanks again for, as always, using your good poopyhead fodder to make the rest of us realize how calm our poopyhead lives are. ;)Mrs. Always Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621796911952199649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-73678445603426054902014-02-14T11:02:25.327-05:002014-02-14T11:02:25.327-05:00Oh no!
They just talked about people having septic...Oh no!<br />They just talked about people having septic tanks freezing up here--and backing up because of it. Crazy!<br />Plumbing issues are the WORST. <br />And some darn sock. Sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-50593541678847746152014-02-14T10:58:33.280-05:002014-02-14T10:58:33.280-05:00Usually I am beyond jealous of people who have hou...Usually I am beyond jealous of people who have houses. Thank you for reminding me there are reasons not to be so envious. :)Kate @ Another Clean Slatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646464393586461119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1329563580023354380.post-78607115878628312962014-02-14T10:53:12.556-05:002014-02-14T10:53:12.556-05:00Boy. You know how to have fun! Lol! I had a sim...Boy. You know how to have fun! Lol! I had a similar experience once, when my husband was in Holland. There was absolutely nothing he could do, except send me a diagram of the septic system. Which made me want to strangle him. Yep. Raise Them Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131235222116977410noreply@blogger.com