Happy Valentine's Day

Ah, yes, my post for February! Has to be a Valentine's Day post, right? I want to send out a big, huge pile of love for my blog friends. I have "met" so many incredible people in this cyber forum! Thanks for sharing your lives and strength with me. Thank you to those people (especially, but certainly not limited to, Cheri at blogthismom) who have used their blogs as a forum to inform and educate others about the state of civil rights in the Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave, where we proclaim "Liberty & Justice for all"! Some day, these things will be true in every way- I believe it in my heart. And part of the reason I believe this, is that people here in blogland have renewed my faith in humanity and in Americans. SO- a GREAT BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF YOU! Take this as a sign of my love! Happy Valentine's Day Friends!

Up to my ass in hot water.

This morning I awoke to Jen: "honey, I can't turn off the hot water in the bath tub." Great way to be awakened on a morning when the temp is -11 degrees below zero! I was just going to sleep in. HA! She gets to go off to work, I get to stay here and deal with THIS!

I scrambled to find a plumber and called one to set up an appointment. They will be here "sometime between 10 and 12". Great- my hot water is POURING down the drain.

I hate to waste water, and gas.But guess what? No shut off valves to the bathroom in a house built in 1977! And I am afraid to shut off the water at the main valve because it is SO cold my pipes might freeze. I shut off the hot water heater, and so far I have topped off the hot tub, filled the kitchen sink and now am working on the washing machine- in the basement, in the opposite corner of the house. It's -11 degrees out and I am sweating like a pig, from running up and down the stairs with 3 gallon buckets of water every 3 minutes.

The washer is almost full and I am trying to figure out what to do with the water next. Can't fill the tub, the plumber will have to get in there when he comes. The animals are all looking at me like "what the f*%$?"

And as if that isn't enough, as I am running up and down and in and out, one dog puked in the living room and the other shit in the hallway- cause it's so cold he won't stay out there long enough to do it outside! Got it cleaned up, though. Don't worry, didn't step in it.

Good morning!

The words to this song by Samuel Barber:

Sure on this shining night of star made shadows 'round, kindness must watch for me this side the ground. The late year lies down the north, all is healed, all is health. High summer holds the Earth, hearts all whole. Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder, wand'ring far alone for shadows on a star. On this shining night.

This song is one of those mysterious things that has touched me to the depths of my soul. I cannot put into words what I feel when I hear this song. I have tried for 20 years to put those feelings into words. I can listen to this song over and over for hours. And everytime I hear it I have the same indescribable feelings. Surely, it is a "G-d" thing. ( I am using the Jewish spelling here- which is done out of respect for the awe and wonder of the Supreme being.)

I considered not writing anything and just posting the video. But I just had to say something. I want to know if anyone else has something that does this to them? To what do you attribute this?