Now that I am not so emotional...maybe
April and May have been rough.
April 19 I got a message from our neighbor...
Hi Heather this is ---- ... there is sh!t bubbling up from your septic. It is so bad it is going down the grass and has puddled on our driveway.
Nice.
See originally this was a 100 acre farm. Some time in the eighties they divided the farm up and beautiful houses were built, but oops didn't check where our septic and leech field was. Now it is on our neighbor's land.
Ever since that call it has been not so fun....and at times down right horrible. We have had to make some huge changes.
Scott got right on it and started to look into remediation and aeration.Our system was too far gone for that to work successfully.
We are getting a new septic as soon as possible. We are doing it without a loan which is SUCH a relief
How have we been living with a slow or no septic.....
Not going to lie, we have been taking NAVY showers or taking showers at the YMCA after swim lessons. I actually have ALL the hot water I want and no one bothers me when i am in the shower there.
We have control flushing
We have been using friends and laundromats
Washing dishes with the hose..boiling the water and washing
When I feel rebellious, doing a dishwasher load AND NAVY shower!
Paper products galore!
Crying
Swearing..yes that's right. I'm not perfect. Get over it
Fighting
and finally
laughing
Its has been a little... a lot too pioneer for me, but we have been doing it.Until i knew we were on the trail to getting a new septic I was afraid to say to much or anything to anyone because people are evil and it could have gotten nasty if "helpful" people had called CPS on us as they did when the roof was in the middle of production. One idiot to a hot-line and that would suck so much I would be over the edge.
My FIL house is a Godsend.
A few days after the septic blew.....Emma got really sick. I, of course freak out thinking the two are connected. I rushed her in and tests we started.
She continued to lose weight fast and again I
cried
swore
cried
swore
and soon I hope to laugh.
Emma is allergic to milk...no not lactose. Milk protein. Milk protein includes whey casen, soy, whey etc... Milk protein is everything for soy to lunch meat. Did you know that Cool Whip is NOT non dairy and either is RICE CHEESE.
She maybe allergic to wheat and gluten.
Soooooo we are changing her diet and our diet. So far she loves coconut milk yogurt, rice milk and fresh goats milk is a hit!!!
Emma's lived on cereal and with the goat milk she is ecstatic to be able to eat again.
I just need her to eat and gain her weight back . It is coming.
When I was nursing Ben if I drank milk too much he would projectile vomit.That is when we introduced goats milk. Alex has been allergic to milk for years. This pass week while eating ice cream sandwiches....Ben has started showing the same signs....
Can I just say STOP!!!!!!!! I hate my life. I hate my house. I mean I love love love my kids and it is hard enough to be a good mom. I just I need a septic faster than the permits take .
I want my kids to not be uncomfortable. I just want to be normal
I ....I
am thankful for Wegmans that has coconut yogurt and goat milk in captain crunch
Sunday, May 24, 2009
I can talk about it now....... I think
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Omgosh, Heather. That all totally sucks. I am sorry that it all seems to come at once. We have three showers here. You could get everyone done in record time. Come over when you need to.
(((hugs))) life wont ever be normal (when was it ever ;) ) but things will get to feel normal and all will be well. One good thing though, we got the legislation passed to where the companies have to tell you if it contains milk products, since they didn't before the list was super long on what to avoid, now reading labels is so much easier.
and the septic, that sounds horrible :( I don't know how you've handled it, I think I would have run away screaming by now :P
I suppose you're getting stronger whether you want to or not! That all sounds so horrible to have to deal with alone- can't imagine it all at once. Wish I could hep but I fear I am too far to help with the washing...
This just goes to show that everyone is handed out their own set of trials, and most of the time, we can live right next door to someone and think "wow, they've got the perfect life/marriage/kids/job/house/attitude/etc" and not KNOW. You know?
Heather, you've always been one of the strongest people I know- and you always seem to laugh after the storm. Kudos for your enduring!!
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