Out of Sorts

I thought I was back to normal and ready to resume posting and visiting. But I forgot to consult Murphy of Murphy's Law and Mother Nature for permission....

2008 has started out with a bang~

As I happily prepared our New Year's Day good luck dinner...ham, blackeyed peas, and collard greens. My husband and son went down into the basement and discovered that one of our hot water pipes had sprung a leak and flooded the basement.

As I was cleaning up wet carpet and water logged possessions, I over cooked the ham~ a beautiful $20 spiral ham...ruined. My DH said it tasted fine, bless him, he is such a poor liar.

We have also been in the deep freeze all week~teens and low 20's at night. This means that extra care must be taken to insure that chickens, rabbits and outside cats do not freeze to death.

One night, we forgot to leave the water dripping...when you live in a 70+ year old house with no insulation, you have to take precautions. We woke up to no water~frozen pipes. My poor sweet husband had to go out into to cold armed with a blow-dryer and a propane torch to melt the ice off the pump.

Of course I know the real reason for all the misfortune. I did not take the Christmas Tree down before the new year. Yeap, automatic bad luck. I finally got it taken down yesterday, so maybe the bad luck will go with it.

All of this foolishness has left me feeling strangely out of sorts and quite frankly, I'm ready to run right back up to the little cabin in the woods and stay there.

So, now that I have told you what I have been up to, I'm going to come stop by and see what you guys have been doing. Of course, I'll remember to ask permission from the powers that be first:)