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Helping with germs

  • Posted on August 22, 2011 at 10:33 pm

When the public restroom hand dryers first came out and were installed, I honestly didn’t know what they were or how to use them. Indeed it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out, but I’m one of those kinds of people who are baffled and a little freaked out at times with modern and tech stuff. I remember the first time I used air hand dryers, my daughter had to turn it on for me, then laughed so hard at my reaction, that lets just say, I’m glad we were in a restroom. On top of that, then I got my hands wet again…well…a few times, to keep using one. To me, it actually was amazing after I got used to the idea!

I now am a fan of restroom hand dryers, because of the germs that can be contracted using the paper towels in restrooms, not to mention the fact that we also touch toilet paper rolls holders and well, I’m sure other people think of these kinds of things also, and lots more.

What I think would be really cool, would be to have one of these ( pardon the pun) handy items in my own bathroom. I think of the money I would save in not only paper towels, but the germs I’d cut down on when one of us had a cold or flu. Just a thought.

 

 

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Using rainwater

  • Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:01 am

For as long as I can remember, going out to my grandma’s farm was a super big time treat. Besides have an awesome time there, we spent special times with my Papa. His “job” was to wash my hair, which was really long, and he would get a bucket of rain water from the rain barrel outside and we on warm days I’d get my hair washed outside in the yard. To me, this was our special time together, besides when he would let me work in his workshop with him or he would take me fishing with him…just the two of us.

The rain my grandparents collected in rain barrels had more uses than just hair washing. There were a few by the barn that we used to water the three steer, and pigs, numerous barn cats and the two farm dogs also. Oh, there were hoses of course, but why waste the rain water when we could use it for good purposes? My Nana swore on rain water for her roses and her house plants, especially her famous African violets. Rain harvesting was a big deal then and to me it’s a must do now. I guess it carried over to me and now even to my oldest daughter, when she realized how soft rain water makes her hair feel.

Now of course the barrels have been updated but I have a few and I look for rain barrels on sale so I can keep on using rain water and I’m even have gotten my grand daughter into using “our” rain water. She herself, loves to play in the water and says it makes her skin feel silky. Who am I go argue with her, since when it rains I love to play in it even in a torrential downpour!! I think everyone should rain harvest. It indeed cuts down on the water bill, at least for us!

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Little pests

  • Posted on August 10, 2011 at 3:07 am

Something is eating holes in my hyacinth bean vines. I have wee little holes all over the leaves and they look terrible. I just can’t see what is making a meal out of them. The vines had looked so beautiful, there for awhile. Tomorrow I’m going to try spraying them with diluted dish soap and see if that stops those little bugs or what ever is munching on my leaves. I have heard that sometimes works to deter pesky bugs from doing this. It’s worth a try.

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What is next?

  • Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:44 pm

For two days I’ve been smelling a musty icky smell. It’s stronger when the kids have the fans in the back bedroom windows. This morning I walked outside and started sniffing around, literally. I opened the hatches to the crawl space and found it flooded from the rain we recently had, but of course, it floods a lot when it rains anyway, and we usually never have really had a problem. Most of the old houses in this area have these type of crawl spaces that have dirt as “floors”. But this time, we have developed mildew and of course I’m sure there is mold also. I didn’t stick around looking under there long enough to really look. Now we are going to have to call someone in to have this problem taken care of. Just when I thought we might be able to at least catch up on a few of the household bills. I need to win the lottery. But then…don’t we all!

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August Rain

  • Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:40 am

For the last few days, it’s finally rained! We even saw a beautiful rainbow. I wish I would have had my camera at ready, but when we ran to get it, we found the battery was nearly dead so the photo didn’t take. It was a double one and the colors were awesome! It’s cooled things down a bit also, which I know everyone is thankful for.

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