Why I Use Paper Plates

Not a bad day ... not bad at all.  I set up for my 90 seed planting kids, then helped shuttle over 300 into the Pumpkin Patch.  That's a drop in the bucket considering there was another 300 coming around 2:00.

The first 60 of 90 went well.  It was the last 30 kids who were being very cooperative, when three more classes came in and surrounded the critter corral, screaming at the top of their lungs.  Needless to say, that put a quick stop to the attention of my class.  Remember that whistle??  I blew it loud enough to wake the dead.  Suddenly the barn became VERY quiet and I went on with my class.  I'm beginning to like this whistle thing A LOT!!

Once done, I gave lunch breaks, driving the Time Travel Tractor around the well worn path.  Still feel really good, I filled some pay dirt bags for the Gem Mining attraction.  It's simple.  Dump out the gems on to a pile of sand, then grab a cup full of gems AND sand and dump it back in the bag ... four times did it.  For some reason, the "boys" would rather talk than fill bags.

Such a coincidence .... I had to leave at the 2:00 arrival time of the next big group, to await my plumber.

Excellent Plumbing is a local company, owned by a couple who do all the work themselves.  They came highly recommended when I put out a NEED HELP message on Facebook.  He climbed up to the 16 foot high ceiling before entering my attic.  "Turn the water on ..... turn the water off".  That was the conversation for the first hour.  He could find nothing wrong.  

It wasn't the breaker, I checked them all.  He went through the regime set up by the manufacturer, Takagi (an excellent brand he said) and nothing happened.  The green light was on and it SHOULD have worked, but it did not.  He took things apart, checked the filter, which was extremely clean for it's 10 years of use, and found nothing amiss.  

He will call the manufacturer for suggestions today.  Unfortunately, I won't be home long enough for a repair until November.  Another week of doing dishes in the bathroom sink.    That's why I REALLY like paper plates.  It probably costs me the same as if I used real dishes and the dishwasher.  You see, I'm allergic to doing dishes.  No really ... I'm allergic to the soap.

It was so nice when I was a kid, to have my hands break out and blister every time I got in soapy water because I was relieved of duty every time!!

I do NOT however, want this to go on for very long.  I need my dishwasher and some hot water for washing clothes.  

Today is another day with 500 kids hitting the Patch.  By now we are a well oiled machine when it comes to getting them in and out.  Okay, not really.  We just fake it most of the time, but so far no one has figured that out!!