Our power went off the other night. It was late, but everyone was still up. It seemed to be just a few houses and my son reported seeing sparks and hearing a loud noise.
The weather had cooled off by then, so not having air conditioning wasn't a problem. My husband was not reclined in his electric powered chair, so he was not trapped in it this time.
We had lanterns, but it was still distressing to have everything go off.
I called the Department of Water and Power. They sent someone out within an hour. t took them a couple of hours to fix the problem which turned out to be a fallen line. Had the weather been different, those sparks could have started a fire and if there had been wind too, it could have turned into a real problem.
When the lights came back on, suddenly everything seemed easy to deal with. I guess that's the positive about problems. It's such a relief when they're over and it makes you appreciate things so much more.
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Good morning -- Glad the electrical problem was a fairly quick fix and hadn't caused any other problems. We do so rely on flipping a switch and expecting everything to work as it should.
How was Jakey's first day at school -- good, I hope. Is the school walking distance from your house? When my kids were young, the elementary school was two blocks north of our home, junior high was three block south. High school was a bus ride away.
My grandson has decided he wants to learn to sew -- I'm letting him use my machine. I used to sew a lot -- made most of Dana's clothes from the time she was a toddler through the dress she wore for college graduation, and most all my clothes. Sewing used to be an economical way to have clothes -- now a pattern can cost $15.00!! I stick with my crocheting -- for $15.00 I get more than enough yarn for a blanket.
Are you on schedule with the rewrite of "Sconed to Death"? I'm looking forward to reading it.
Enjoy your day -- a bit of housework, then crocheting for me.
Yikes, Betty. No power means no fun, and potentially no writing for a while. Glad it came back on soon.
Patty, Jakey changed to another charter school and this one is even farther away. This charter school has a similar philosophy to the one he went to before. He seems very happy with it.
I used to sew all the time. I made my clothes and my mother's. Even my wedding dress and hers for my wedding. $15.00 for a pattern. Outrageous!
More stuff going on with my husband. He had doctors appointments yesterday and they put him in the hospital to wait for surgery to put a rod in his leg. After everything with his doctor's appointment and getting him admitted to the hospital, I was too tired to think. Today is better.
Linda O. Johnston, it was around midnight when the power went off. I dealt with everybody and then sat on the couch and waited for the power to come back on.
I am amused to hear I am not the only one who has been stuck in an electric recliner when power went out. I live alone, eveyone was at work or school, and it took 3 hours for my son to get to lunch break at work and rescue me !! We rarely have power failures, but this was a big underground explosion, power was out 12 hours. I can't believe they don't put a regular handle on an electric chair for such emergencies.
My sewing has now turned to dolls and the little dresses for Africa. I also made most of my clothes and my wedding dress. I have most of my old patterns, and I laugh at 35 or 50 cents per pattern !
I am surprised your husband as been home all this time before they did the surgery. My left leg is loaded with metal, put in right at the time of the injury. He will have fun at airports now.
I guess after the next "Scones" you will visit Casey again, and then Molly. You are going to have to write faster !!!
Linda Osborn, I agree that the electric recliners ought to have a manual handle. That must have been rough to wait so long.
It's nice that you are still sewing. I bet the dolls and dresses are appreciated. I still am in shock over the pattern prices. I remember paying around a dollar.
I think they waited until he fell after he got back from rehab and got the second fracture to think about the metal rod. I don't know if he will go back to the rehab place or home after the surgery.
You have it right about the progression of books. I wish I could write faster. With all this going on, it took a while before I could keep a train of thought going.
I'm sorry to hear about the power outage. That is always scary and inconvenient. I'm glad everything turned out ok. I had to take home ec in. junior high and I made an apron. I hated sewing much to my mother's chagrin. My mom wanted a girly girl and she got a tom boy instead. But I do love to knit and crochet. I have no patience for sewing.
Miriam, I made one of those aprons too. It's good you found knitting and crochet.
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