begetting rainwater collection

BEGETTING RAINWATER COLLECTION
at the country n we have been collecting rainwater for over
ten years and
have been using it as our sole source of drinking water for
8 years

the goal is to influence others to do the same
and i have tried over the last ten years to infect as many
people with the rainwater collection virus as possible

here are some of my victims

the first was my rainwater brother
i gave him a 300 gallon tank as a gift
his wife didnt know he had it as she was gone when it
was delivered
if you dont want it then just move it yourself she was told
he got the infection bad and ended up with multiple tanks

the infection spread even beyond this
if the hoa only knew

then the next victim was my nurses husband
heres where it started and it also spread
so now there are several tanks around the
house

my nurse she tried to vaccinate him against the
virus but it didnt take
am afraid the infection will just continue on
unabated

then my neighbor saw my system
doc he now calls me doc water
i want one of those systems
so he put in a gravity ran system of over
15000 gallons of collection to water his paint
horses he raises and to use in his garden
doc i need more tanks
see hes got the disease also

then my wife shes fellow teacher bought her a new house
and we infected her and her husband with this tank
(we also donated them a 4 ft square garden to go with it)

then we infected two local high schools
the first was a school of 2000+ students
a teacher and student helped us
hopefully this rainwater collection virus will
spread to some of these other students

then we donated a tank and put it in place at
the school where my wife she works
hope the infection continues
know the staff there is getting the infection
more tanks please

then theres the habitat house we just finished
the one where we donated the 4 ft square keyhole
garden and the tank which is in the background
it will soon be in place and will im sure make
her want more as it does everyone else

then finally theres this one
this is the one im the proudest of
its mr b
my walk to end alzheimers buddy

sorry mom but he got the infection
it started with he addition of 5 gallon buckets
under the gutter spouts and then i had an extra
tank at my house
i gave it to him
i know what will happen the virus will spread
and mom will be mad at me
mr b may be the next mayor of his own tank town

so  my original rainwater tanks have begetted a large number
of tanks that are collecting rainwater all over this area
i hope that the rainwater collection virus will continue to
spread and infect many more people
this is especially important if the drought continues here and
the water shortage worsens

i think mr b may be the hope for the future of rainwater collection
why dont you get infected and have your kids get involved

the organicgreen doctor

christmas, giving or gifting

CHRISTMAS
nice christmas
spent it with my two brothers and their wifes
my historian brother he and my rainwater brother he

we potlucked it
actually had a nice vegetarian christmas meal
ok i did sneak in some christmas ham
made me a large pot of greens from the garden-turnip greens, kale,
asian cabbage, cabbage, spinach, swiss chard, onions, garlic
all organic
my wife she added her corn bread
all went well with the other food

my wife she and i had a private christmas earlier in the morining
where we opened our gifts together in front of our fire in our
wood burning stove
very picturesque

my proudest gift was a rogue hoe
now i have two hoes
this rougue hoe will last forever
sort of like your wife
it will easily be used in this rocky hard soil around here
cant wait to dig things up with it

overall a great christmas
hope to repeat it next year

GIVING OR GIFTING
have thought a lot about christmas this year
we do approach it all wrong
just watch tv at all the ads for stuff we dont really need
it should be about giving not gifting

my relative gave me a gift card this year
it was to www.kiva.org
the gift was for $25 and i went online and registered to kiva

kiva is a organization that gives microloans to people all over the
world usually to start or improve their businesses
they then pay the money back
there are very few defaults

the last one i did was to a guy in florida who needed $5000
to start his own lawnmower business
so donors of all over the world donate $25 a piece and kiva
loaned him the money
he has already paid 10% of it back in a few weeks

when these loans are paid back i will then re loan the money back
to some one else
my relative has tripled the amount of money he has loaned over the years
as he just continues to roll the money over into new loans

those dam banks would never ever loan these people this money
like the guy in florida
can just see shank of america loaning a new immigrant $5000 to
start a new business

give next christmas instead of gifting
so many of us and our kids already have too much as it is
give to someone who needs it more
or like with kiva give to those who are trying to improve themselves

give

the organicgreen doctor

my younger brother he, tebow, shutdown

my younger brother he
my wife she and my historian brother he and i are going to visit
my younger brother he today
he is the one that is the late mid stages of alzheimers
he had changed a lot between the visit before last and the
last visit
a time span of just a few months
it was scary that this disease could travel that fast in a few months
made me think more about my situation and the
completion of all my ducks in a row

this visit will come just one day after i vist my friend gf who
has huntingtons disease
know it will be a depressing ride home for us when we
drive back to texas tomorrow

what is disturbing is that i know that in ten years that there will be
medicine that can be used to stop or slow down this disease so that
he and maybe i wouldnt progress to point that he is now and
i might be in the future
just born ten years too early
know that our kids and nephews and nieces will have something
available to help them

my historian brother will be disturbed by what he sees today as
he as not seen my younger brother he in several months
know i was disturbed as well as my rain water brother he
when we visited last month
but this visit needs to be done
know he will know who we are and will enjoy the visit with us

my brother he
sorry youve got this sucky disease
lets enjoy our visit today

TEBOW
tebow didnt tebow this weekend but brady tebowed tebow
didnt know he could spike the ball in the end zone like that
guess hes tired of tebow getting all the attention

ok cowboys dont let us down this weekend
if you dont watch out well change over to the texans

SHUTDOWN
we are driving back today from our sibling pre christmas road trip
we have to leave early because they who ever they are
will be closing the interstate south of dallas texas completely for
construction
at least they posted what time they will be doing this

why would they close down the interstate during the christmas
holidays as people are driving during one of the busiest time of
the year

am sure the decision maker was an elected official as this is the
type of decisions they make

hope we get there in time before the shutdown starts

the organicgreen doctor



the organicgreen doctor

thanks, moment of zen, dark thanksgiving, thanksgiving

THANKS
thanks to the warm response to the article yesterday in the
austin american-statesman
thanks to mary roser for doing a good job
thanks to those of you that have been touched in some way by
the article
thanks to those who plan on getting involved with the alzheimers
movement-lets call it occupy alzheimers

thanks to austinregionalclinic for posting a warm notice about
the article on their website and the warm response to that
posting from patients

thanks to jeff carlton for helping with getting the media exposure

thanks to my wife she for being there over this last year

thanks to the disease for not having progressed much over this
last year

MOMENT OF ZEN
people have been asking about the zen book my wife mentioned
in the article
did a blog on it january 3 2011
here is the farmers luck blog that explains what she was talking about

DARK THANKSGIVING
why are the retailers trying to make thanksgiving darker by making
a black thanksgiving
whats next a black halloween or black veterans day
is there no end in site
black labor day
guess a black halloween would go along with the orange color

leave thanksgiving along please
its for turkey getting together with family being thankful for what
you have and for watching football all day

leave the darkness to black friday
my only experience with black friday was very tramatic
never to be repeated again
here is the black friday experience blog

THANKSGIVING
tomorrow on thanksgiving my wife she and i will be getting together
with family
our two sons both live in california and will be together with my
smiley daughterinlaw she tomorrow
we will be together with my white on white relative now called
my historian brother he and his cowgirl wife she
my rainwater brother he and his wife she who i havent named yet
for fear of retaliation
and my nephew he who did not really fall in the rainwater tank
see this blog on his falling in the tank?

after all these years i am going to cook my first turkey
hope it comes out better than my black friday experience
will be using a recipe from the abc show the chew
it looked good on tv

then we (the males) will 'watch' football after the meal
if you are kin to us you know what the 3 amigos will be doing

do have a happy thanksgiving
and a bright black friday

no blog tomorrow

the organicgreen doctor