Pooping Daisies
Date: Tuesday April 8, 2008Posted in: Blogging, Emily, Family, Friends, Graham, Nathan
Yesterday was a day full of kittens and bunnies and donkeys.
Then a gaggle of unicorns arrived in our yard so the children sat down to watch the show.
Rainbows appeared and everything was magical.
“Hey Emily! Did you see the daisy pop out of that unicorn’s bum?”
The fairies joined the prancing party and they were amazed at the wonder of it all.
Being the great Mommy I am, I thought that I should bring them back to reality. I told them that what they were really watching was the the pump truck sucking all of our crap (literally) out of the septic tank.
They weren’t sure what to make of this news.
Honey has spent the last five days digging roots out of our septic line. Yesterday was the second time the truck came and the second full day he spent digging in dirt laced with our collective feces. He has (Another!) nasty cold, and I quote him, “I feel like crap and I’m digging in crap”.
The highlight (for me) about the whole thing is the sign on the pump truck:
“We’re #1 in the #2 business”
Heh.
Emily cannot sit still for long, so she decided to play hockey with a broom handle and a pine cone.
She’s Canadian, eh?
I love her in her jeans and sneakers.
I really should stop taking photos of them.
People who say that Internet friends are not “real” friends apparently do not have any. They sit by their computer, pining for the elusive “ding!” of their email chime.
Speaking of elusive, the Haribo Gummi Bears arrived!
Whoorl and I had finally given up hope yesterday morning of them ever arriving. I sent off all of the Canadian candy in the morning but the mail had not been delivered to our mail boxes yet. I checked in the afternoon and may have pooped a daisy out due to the perfect timing of them arriving when I really needed a pick me up.
I also received some really sweet news from another Internet friend yesterday. They are going to do something wonderfully amazing for me that will help me take my photography work up a notch. Or ten. I would tell you, but that would take the eventual thunder away. I am also a huge fan of teasing people, because I am awesome like that.
I offer a photo of my sweet girl instead.
You’ll have to excuse me. I feel another wave of daisies and rainbows about to hit.
22 Comments
That slogan reminds me of the septic guy on Red Green. He always had a new commercial for each episode. Ahhh, things I’ll miss when I move…
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Comment by songsinblue on April 8th, 2008 @ 8:38 am#1 in the #2 business…that tagline alone would earn my patronage!
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Comment by bethany actually on April 8th, 2008 @ 8:47 amHA! That line on the honey wagon is too funny. I’ll have to share that with parents.. they also get visits from the honey wagon on their acreage. However, they haven’t had to do what Matthew is doing… EWWWWW. I feel for him. Maybe the cold is a blessing? The sniffer is not firing on all cylinders?
Glad you got some good news. I was thinking of you yesterday. I hope you are feeling better today.
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Comment by Kami on April 8th, 2008 @ 9:00 amYou have no snow!!!
The kids are adorable…
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I know what it is, (all sing-song and stuff)
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Comment by witchypoo on April 8th, 2008 @ 9:13 amI say this every time I comment, but it has to be said. Your daughter is the cutest! (Okay, well, the third cutest!)
And I never mind seeing pictures of her cute little shoes.
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Comment by Mrs. Wilson on April 8th, 2008 @ 10:10 amThat last picture of Emily is breathtaking! Just beautiful.
We saw a van the other day that was from a company that specializes in ridding your yard of dog poop. The company was called Hounds Mounds. I could not stop laughing at it.
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Comment by She Likes Purple on April 8th, 2008 @ 10:46 amHoly moly … I’ve never heard of anyone having to do work on their septic tank (but I know NOTHING about them … thank goodness)!
So glad that things are looking up for you and that you’re now ‘pooping daisies’!
Tease! 
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I love that tag line, I would totally use that company just for that!
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Comment by Elizabeth on April 8th, 2008 @ 12:12 pmHee! That company’s slogan is awesome.
My parents live on an island, and have had many interesting issues over the years with septic tanks, so I feel (or rather, can smell) your pain. Hopefully it will all be sorted soon!
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Comment by Sharon on April 8th, 2008 @ 12:28 pmI remember watching my dad dig up our septic tank when I was little, oh the fun… Poor Matthew!
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Comment by Kristin on April 8th, 2008 @ 1:27 pmSorry your day is full of crap - literally. The kids are adorable!
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Comment by Shalet on April 8th, 2008 @ 3:00 pmHee! There’s a septic tank truck I sometimes see by my office that has a similar slogan: “We’re #1 at picking up #2!”
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Comment by metalia on April 8th, 2008 @ 6:01 pmI love the three of them sitting there on the hillside, watching the poo prance away. Your family is adorable.
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Comment by Kerri Anne on April 8th, 2008 @ 9:24 pmAwww! Glad the day was a little better today. We’ve just moved to a place that has a “septic thingy”…I am SO disgusted!!! (Apparently I don’t know how they work though, so I’m told!) Love the pics! (I was wondering what had your kids undivided attention!)
Comment by Michele on April 8th, 2008 @ 9:30 pmNot only are the photos adorable, the commentary slays me - so glad I found you!
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Comment by mommypie on April 9th, 2008 @ 8:41 amWhile driving on the highway the other day, I saw a similar truck with the slogan, “Yesterday’s Meals on Wheels.”
Great photos as always.
Comment by Tamara on April 9th, 2008 @ 9:05 amHaha! My parents had their septic tank pumped some time ago and my Dad said that the guy doing it was eating a sandwich while he pumped it….ummm..gross. I guess you get used to it but still!
Comment by Tamara on April 9th, 2008 @ 4:26 pmNearly blew soda out muh nose reading that
I’m glad that things are going in a better direction.
And I’m pretty sure you should get a blogging award for being able to make a post about septic tanks all sweet and stuff!
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Comment by The Over-Thinker on April 9th, 2008 @ 4:56 pmJeez. You had me for a minute there. I actually thought there were unicorns in your yard…
What a tease.
And what is it with septic tanks? Yours is not the first post I’ve read about having a septic tank sucked. I gag as I type.
(Although the other didn’t mention unicorns and daisies, so it wasn’t nearly as good. Oh, and it didn’t have pictures of your beautiful kids. So it definitely wasn’t as good.)
Thanks for sharing. Er, or not.
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Comment by Carolyn on April 11th, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
Spetic tanks freak me out.
One time when we were up visiting my Grandma in northern Wisconsin, hers busted and I’ve been scarred for life. And right then and there I decided it was city living for me!
And apparently I just stepped out of the show Green Acres.
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