12-29-2005, 11:47 AM
It is still dry; drought now I guess. Neighbors are ordering water. I have learned it costs $120 to have 4000 gallons delivered. We have only a 500 gallo tank for the cabin so I haul water in a 70ish gallon container... over and over... but it is getting me by.
For those of you who have never been on catchment before, let me explain a few things. Because of thre sulfur that is in our air from the volcano, one does not drink the water from a catchment system without significant filtration systems. Generally one uses it for everything but drinking and just goes to the twon spigot for drinking water. Here on the east side every little town has a water spigot and everyone lines up... yep... just like in a third world nation. Difference is that there is a lot of water available this way here so the spigots usually have from four to eight spigots. The county was smart; only one or two take a hose adapter for us to fill these big containers. The rest have to be hand filled. MOST people have 5 gallon blue jugs they use and it is not fair for them to wait in line while someone pumps 50 gallons... or 250 gallons. Although the signs all limit one to a 50 gallon container no one pays attention to that. If you are watering animals as well as running a house you need what you need. It all seems to work out well. For the most part people are friendly and helpful with one another.
We continue to meet wonderful new friends and many of our "old" friends from here joined us at the blessing. Many more were away from the island for their own family gatherings over the holidays but we surely felt their spirits with us.
My husband and son have been here for about 10 days now. The time goes much too fast. There has been so much work to do for the blessing and such that there hasn't been too much play time. We found both the truck and jeep in the shop during this time too, so..... Still we are having fun and they are both getting a taste for country life. Our son Josh has no idea what being in the rainforest is really like as we have been in drought the whole time he has been here. Boy is he in for a surprise next visit! He has learned marginally to deal with pigs but like the chickens well enough. He thinks there should be a voicectomy procedure for roosters.... LOL
I had to be the "bad guy" and call the owner of the drywall company to rat out the subcontractor. Once the owner came over with a new crew, there has been more work done in two days that the sub got done in two weeks. Of course showing up has a lot to do with it! It is really moving along and the house is beginning to have the feel I wa designing from the outset. I imagine by the time Hubby returns in February it will be close to a real home and ready to furnish and decorate. Oh, gosh... another lifetime of decisions!
No other disasters to report. Just chugging along and enjoying the land as much as we can.
Pam
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
For those of you who have never been on catchment before, let me explain a few things. Because of thre sulfur that is in our air from the volcano, one does not drink the water from a catchment system without significant filtration systems. Generally one uses it for everything but drinking and just goes to the twon spigot for drinking water. Here on the east side every little town has a water spigot and everyone lines up... yep... just like in a third world nation. Difference is that there is a lot of water available this way here so the spigots usually have from four to eight spigots. The county was smart; only one or two take a hose adapter for us to fill these big containers. The rest have to be hand filled. MOST people have 5 gallon blue jugs they use and it is not fair for them to wait in line while someone pumps 50 gallons... or 250 gallons. Although the signs all limit one to a 50 gallon container no one pays attention to that. If you are watering animals as well as running a house you need what you need. It all seems to work out well. For the most part people are friendly and helpful with one another.
We continue to meet wonderful new friends and many of our "old" friends from here joined us at the blessing. Many more were away from the island for their own family gatherings over the holidays but we surely felt their spirits with us.
My husband and son have been here for about 10 days now. The time goes much too fast. There has been so much work to do for the blessing and such that there hasn't been too much play time. We found both the truck and jeep in the shop during this time too, so..... Still we are having fun and they are both getting a taste for country life. Our son Josh has no idea what being in the rainforest is really like as we have been in drought the whole time he has been here. Boy is he in for a surprise next visit! He has learned marginally to deal with pigs but like the chickens well enough. He thinks there should be a voicectomy procedure for roosters.... LOL
I had to be the "bad guy" and call the owner of the drywall company to rat out the subcontractor. Once the owner came over with a new crew, there has been more work done in two days that the sub got done in two weeks. Of course showing up has a lot to do with it! It is really moving along and the house is beginning to have the feel I wa designing from the outset. I imagine by the time Hubby returns in February it will be close to a real home and ready to furnish and decorate. Oh, gosh... another lifetime of decisions!
No other disasters to report. Just chugging along and enjoying the land as much as we can.
Pam
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"