Is That Texas Tea?

I know what you're thinking...I gave up coffee and settled for tea instead. Well, if that's what you're thinking, then you're thinking wrong. 'Cause darlin'...that's what just came out of my faucet. I'm guessing that's part of the reason why the water was shut off. The City of Wink was exhausted due to the influx of phone calls coming in stating that the water resembled cloudy tea. I haven't seen any notices not to drink the water. I may be a blonde, but I got enough common sense not to drink that stuff!



Forget about bathing anytime soon, brushing my teeth, washing clothes...I mean, it would be senseless, it'd be like bathing in someone else's bath water...YUCK! What are we going to do?

Oh NO! No Water In Wink!

I only have a few pleasures in life. One of those pleasures is having a good cup of coffee. So, as I was driving home from work, I fantasized about a great cup of coffee. I rushed inside, turned the oven on, put the chicken in for baking, of course after adding a few spices and garlic and onion. Selected the veggies for the evening, straightened up the living room and then proceeded to brew a most righteous cup of java. Turned the faucet on and no water.

I knew I hadn't paid my water bill yet, but I knew I still had until the 10th of November to do it. I was quite confident that my water hadn't been shut off due to nonpayment of invoice. I made the quick phone call to my mommy, she knows everything.

Yep, my suspicions were correct. Our old leaky antiquated pipes have come undone. Seems we've been without water since 9AM and there isn't any chance of having water until sometime on Tuesday. I hope that it's early Tuesday AM so I can at least take a bath before heading off to work and have a cup of coffee! Oh bother.

What Have We Done?

I went on a mini vacation and came back to this...98 comments on the proposed beginning of drilling the Shale beneath New York. Here's my favorite part of the original article:


"If done carefully — and in carefully selected places — drilling should cause minimal environmental harm."



Ha! That made me laugh. Because you and I both know, that ain't likely to happen...you know...the careful part. Remember this? And how about this? Oh, recollect this one? Well, you get my drift...and if you haven't then you should really read this.