ICE bound!
Well, if this isn't a fine howdy-do! What is Mother Nature going to throw at us next, I'd like to know??
I made it home from Advance, put hay and pellets out for my goats, built a fire in the fireplace, and enjoyed a quiet night of listening to the rain, which turned into a solid sheet of ice by morning. Each time I woke up, I expected the power to be off, but that didn't happen until 7 a.m. this morning.
As you can see, the electricity has made a most welcome reappearance, as of about an hour ago! Yipee!
I learned several things in the stillness of a power-less morning, and I shall share them with you:
* A hot bowl of soup can be produced on top of the fireplace "fender."
* Those old, out-of-style leg-warmers that I stuck back in a drawer several years ago come in handy on a day like this.
* My wild birds love a sunflower snack, but they don't like ice-covered tree limbs crashing down on top of their feeder.
* It's tricky getting a wheelbarrow full of hay down an icy front yard to the goat pen.
* Nothing works w/o electricity - except a book, a flashlight, and a brain!
* It does no good for KFVS to post a list of closings, if the electricity is off - but I appreciate the effort.
* Semo Electric does amazing work!
* Four-wheel drive vehicles still slide on ice!
How about it, fellow blogger buddies - What have you learned during this icy interlude? Did anybody get to the grocery stores before the ice hit? I missed that fun activity, but a friend said it was a real experience!
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Well, I knew it would be fun to hear all your observations, but, unfortunately, my power went off again the same Tuesday I got it back - and I was stranded on my remote Tillman hill with no electricity from Tuesday (about 4:30 p.m.) to Friday (about 4:30 p.m.). As soon as I got the tree limbs off my road and the power back in my house, I headed for Southwest MO to spend my birthday with my sister!!!
It is SO GOOD to see the news again!! I am NEWS STARVED!!!
Now to clean up this living room, where I huddled for four days, behind sheets taped up over the doors and windows to keep the heat of the fireplace in!
I never want to be that cold again!