Friday, January 19, 2007
Okay, so I'm gonna really try to get ahold of myself & take a skinny dip into the blogging pool. I realize that if I kept up with this a little bit everyday that it would help me remember the every day things in life that I'm really kicking myself hard for forgetting.
It has been crazy!!! I feel like I've been living in Mr. Freeze has bitten me in the toosh! We've had a huge ice storm hit the MO. The last time I had to sleep 4 people in a bed for body heat was back in 1988's icescapade storm. I had to sleep with my parents then. But this time, I was the parent sleeping with my two kids. We roughed it without power for days. No running water. That means, no showers, no baths, no washing hands!!!!!! I thought I was gonna go crazy several times. I had hand sanitizer though....but it's not the same! My in-laws were smart enough to fill the tubs full of water so we could flush the toilets. My husband & I were very unprepared. We had no way of heating the house, so we had to stay at the in-laws. Luckily, I can handle 'em. Eventually the tree branches started snapping under the weight of the ice, making our driveway impossible to pass except on foot. Needless to say, I've done quite a bit of hiking the last several days. I didn't know I had it in me! Of all the times I was out on the slick ice, I didn't fall!! I was so proud. I really found out how much a I really take for granted the simplest luxuries in life. Try taking pictures in the dark. It's really funny!
I can't believe everything that's happened! Friday the ice came & more came later. Sunday was Brinley's 2nd birthday! While she had a fairly good morning....I put birthday candles in the middle of her toast....we were without power later that afternoon. So, no party for her. We had to cancel that on Saturday due to the treacherous driving conditions. We'll make up for it somehow. I've got her Cinderella cake in the deep freeze (which luckily didn't thaw out while the power was off). [The best thing about her turning 2 is that she pretty much potty-trained herself during the whole ordeal! It was SOOOOO nice for me. I hope now that we have electricity that she's not gonna slack off. That goes for me too. I have so much catching up to do since I haven't been at my house since Sunday. You can imagine the pile of laundry that I had before the black-out. Now try to imagine the pile of laundry that I have NOW! Argggghhhh! I hate that dreadful chore!]
Then, came MOnday. Still no power. At my in-law's because they had a gas fireplace. It was our 7th anniversary. No going out to eat. Lucky to have something to eat. We did eat steak that my father-in-law grilled for everyone. Not too bad. It has just been way too stressful! My darling husband did bring me home a mocha with a shot of caramel yesterday afternoon that lifted my spirits a little. It felt so wonderful to drink something warm. My father-in-law is a huge coffee drinker, so he took a stab at heating some water on the grill. The smell of smoked coffee filled the air. I wasn't about to drink it! haha!
I've taken tons of pictures of my eventful last several days of existence. I'll have to post pictures later!
BTW, sorry there was absolutley no flow to this post. My brain is completely fried. I think I'm in the stages of post tramautic stress or something. I hope this finds everyone safe, warm, & CLEAN.
1 Comments:
Hey Amber_Glow! I just now saw your blog link in your siggie at 2SCD. You've got a reader now, so ya better update at least every day, ROFL, ok, you can skip a day every ONCE in a while. And you need to come visit mine, too. So happy you are blogging, so bummed at what you poor babies have had to endure! Man, that ain't what Show Me means, huh? *hugs*
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