snow saga stolen from liebrecht...

eadavis said:

Post your stories and pics. Will update mine later. 10 in. With ice and 3 more on the way.

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EWWW!!!! ICK ICK ICK!!! We had a small amount..the twins lasted about 15 mins. Next day, C found a non melted patch and they lasted 15 mins. We are SOUTHERNERS!!!!!
My " winter sux" is we FINALLY got the heat working.......on Fri. It had been out since Dec 30. So.......the water main broke yesterday so no water. Water gets back on last night with a boil alert. Yeah!!! So......1PM today another water main breaks........and no water. I have space heaters and a back up kerosene heater. I had JUST put more water in storage, even COUNTING that it was another 12 1/2 gal.....and walked back into the kitchen, turned water on and.......NADA. Tomorrow I do dishes anyway with a slug of bleach in the rinse water. Okay.....I am still happy. I have not lost my cool. However.........I am starting to get a wee tad testy about Rat Man starting to call every few days...beginning with calling me to bail him out of jail. Umm..not likely happening.......GO AWAY!!!

Liebrecht

< Insert every swear word that would get me banned from the list....use your imagination>

Snow is a dirty 4 letter word. And we got hammered. Up to the middle of the van's hub caps. Power went out at 4:30 AM.......and G screamed his banshee scream to let me know. The little kids DO NOT like the dark. Then the smoke detector in my room detected my oil lamp. Out came a ladder and down went the detector.

Anyway.....power just came back on at 2 ( so not SO bad) but it just messes with my schedule. If I wanted SNOWWWWWW, I would have chosen to live in the frigid North.

Upside.......we have water ( city and stored)...check, toilets flush, kerosene heater and oil lamps and flashlights......check...new camp stove in my dressing room to make coffee......worked like a charm.....gas grill....fine for lunch....dinner would have been easy also. I had a full tank of gas so turned the van on to thaw it and as a last resort, let the kids watch movies in there. Van has a TV and VCR player.

We did not have to go to the propane fireplace logs ( level 2 ) or wood fire in the playroom ( level 3). Water is great. Food a non issue other than maybe thawing<smile>. Now......let it thaw tomorrow ( as planned) and then dry out.

Liebrecht.....the SOUTHERNER!!!!!!