Looking at my last post, I had no idea it was January since I posted.
We got so busy at work, (at home) that I was working an hour longer each night. Then we were all warned of the Polar Vortex. Cute cartoons came out, spoofs on children's show with Mr. Freeze popped up.
I went to the store on Tuesday to get some groceries so I could make "hearty meals" when PV showed up.
Thursday at 1 p.m., PV's sent his helper, Mr. Freezing Rain, while taking my lunch break, power loss #1 happened. Came on middle of the night then off. Couldn't work Friday. This went on all weekend with power off more than on. Then Sunday night - Monday early a.m., PV made an appearance. Snow, rain, sleet, on and on. And it got cold. Power went off and stayed off. The night time temps were 18, 9, 6 and daytime 20. Hadn't been able to get fire logs the week before when we tried. We were told at several stores, "We don't have anymore. It is supposed to be spring here now, so we don't order anymore".
We had some propane and a heater so we used that and made fires from real wood. Not that easy. Drove the car around the block when we could to charge phones and make sure the car would start.
Yeah! The power came on Wednesday night. We had really been without steady power for 6 days at that point. Oooops. No water and still no water. So we have been collecting snow before it melted and filled up every water type pitcher, thermos, pot and pan when I noticed the pressure didn't seem right.
Here we are 1 1/2 weeks later. 50 degrees, sunny, everything melting. Still no water but things don't seem as bad in the sun and now that PV and bag of tricks have left.
Some people still don't have power in the state, most of our city does not have water and the stores are out of food because they lost power also. People bought what they could ahead and then the stores probably had to throw out a lot of frozen food. But they say the trucks are out delivering to restock and the water tanks are filling up. I am still leery of using too much electricity, for fear of blowing it out again.
No I didn't get a lots of books read because there was a lot of effort trying to keep warm, make some kind of food on the grill and do some crosswords by candlelight.
I also wasn't able to record Scarlett and the Duke, Creatures Great and Small and Nancy Drew! I think I can find them "on demand".
Back to books! Coming up, Planting Pearls by Virginia King.
Gayle, glad to hear that you guys survived, though it was a scary time for all of us. We did OK, but had a lot of challenges. Hope you guys have water now and your boil notice will be lifted before long. Ours was lifted recently. We did lose power and water was a mere trickle, though we never lost it completely. Our propane tank is very low, but others have run out. Hope those supply trucks get around quickly. Take care and we'll talk soon.
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