The ONE Important Farmhouse Mechanism

Roses of the Patch of Paradise

Pop Quiz!!  

Put your books under your desk and take out a piece of paper and a pencil.

  No complaining!  

What is the ONE important mechanism in a house that is extremely difficult to find even a temporary replacement for?

{Jeopardy theme is playing in the background}

Time's up!  

Whose answer has something to do with electricity?   Ohhhh, so close, but not right!

The correct answer is:   

A FUNCTIONING TOILET

Can you feel my frustration?  May I vent for just a minute?

Thanks.

Ok....last night all was well...the yard was manicured, family was fed 

(except Cowboy who is still at the Western Edge makin' hay), 

Cowboy cuttin' hay

baby was content, everyone was smiling....until I walked into the kitchen...and found.....

A little white dog skulking onto the back porch while a brown creation lie steaming on the floor!!!!

A.  She's the culprit     

or     

B.  Since she's the only dog in there, she knows she's takin' the blame.

I chose A

I cleaned up the mess, tossed the creation in the toilet and flushed all the while telling a cowering Pee-Wee Girl what an ugly dog she was......when the toilet

OVERFLOWED!

What?!!

Every one of the junk towels was on the floor sopping up ...well, you know.  In a fluid motion,  I grabbed the wall phone with one hand and twirled my rolodex with the other to find our septic guy's number and ring his bell.

What?  Not till tomorrow morning?  Reeealllly?  Out of town?  Hmmmm.  OK.

My son Deputy came over and dug up the septic tank lids for me and a rule was made:

NO flushing unless absolutely necessary.  For a entire night and part of a morning.  Torture.  Of all the biggety blam blam things that happen to me.....

Flash forward to today:

Septic tank is now pumped and all is well .... maybe.... probably .... for now anyway.

Of course this happened while I'm at the helm.  

My little farmhouse at the Patch of Paradise
where there is only one bathroom...and no outhouse

Wall phone?  Yeah, I know....but it's a touch-tone...for those of you old enough to know what a big deal that is........