Intro
I entered middle age a few years ago...okay, a little more than a few. Our daughters are 28 and 26. After they left, I cautiously redecorated their bedrooms. I did the usual, donated "Lucky" brand jeans (left from 3rd grade) and stuffed animals to a local thrift store. Next, I threw away countless plastic bags from "The Gap" and other retailers. Some of them included various amounts of change, which of course I took as my housekeeping fee. Every $6.40 helps!
I slowly bought new furniture items that I liked - a futon and frame, small roll-top desk, area rugs and lamps. One room was starting to resemble my new "office" which would double as a guest room when necessary. One morning as I was getting ready to leave for work, I heard (and felt) a very large boom-crash. I cautiously walked upstairs to find the dust clearing and about half of the ceiling of my new room on the floor. Ah, the joys of owning an antique house...
Finally a new post
Well, our street is finally back from the brink. I think the stress of the mess is the reason that I just couldn't drag myself to the computer to write a few lines. It is amazing how much this project took out of us. At least we weren't alone, our neighbors felt the same way. We started impromptu support groups along the sidewalk as we made our way to and from our dirt-covered properties. The work began on my birthday, August 22, with the installation of a 4 inch black pipe that would carry our temporary water source for three weeks. The next day, the new uninstalled fire hydrants arrived on our grass.
The project was to replace the decades-old 4" water main with a brand new 8" one in hopes of avoiding a geyser eruption in the middle of the street. Unfortunately, one of the necessary evils was that 6 blocks full of people would need to find somewhere else to park their vehicles for a few weeks. It made grocery shopping a real treat (especially when it was time to buy bags of dog kibble).
By September 10, this was the view from our front yard. We took a day-trip that Saturday in hopes of leaving it all behind for a little while. It was a beautiful day for a drive. We saw a big natural spring and a secluded waterfall, but when we got home, it was the same old stuff.
This was the view looking 2 blocks North.
Toward the end of last week, we got water coming into our house through our own pipes again.
Tuesday of this week, they paved the 1/3 of the street that was dug up - of course, they didn't pave the whole street, just patched it up. At about 5:30 in the evening a few neighbors had their toilets backup. The workers had to dig up part of that spankin-new pavement to fix it.
Well, it's almost finished, they are working 2 blocks to the East of us now. There's not nearly as much dirt blowing around seeping into the windows and under doors and life as unstressed a couple of degrees; just in time for the weekend!
By September 10, this was the view from our front yard. We took a day-trip that Saturday in hopes of leaving it all behind for a little while. It was a beautiful day for a drive. We saw a big natural spring and a secluded waterfall, but when we got home, it was the same old stuff.
Tuesday of this week, they paved the 1/3 of the street that was dug up - of course, they didn't pave the whole street, just patched it up. At about 5:30 in the evening a few neighbors had their toilets backup. The workers had to dig up part of that spankin-new pavement to fix it. 
1 comment:
Whoa! What a hassle! You should get a break on your water bill for all that trouble! Hope things are getting back to normal. Yikes!
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