Ah yes, the past few days have been quite remarkable. My area of Michigan was hit with the worst ice storm in 50 years. Wouldn’t you know it, but I lived in this house when the last one hit, and our neighbor was using his snowmobile to dash out to a convenience store for bread & milk runs. We had oodles of snow that time, but not so this time. It was not so nice, ICE!
They estimate there were 600,000 of us without power from Wednesday until Sunday (some I hear still don’t have it back). No snow to deal with but cccold temperatures. We were without heat and bundling up in EVERYTHING until Friday when a neighbor rang the bell and said she could hook us up to her power generator. From that moment on, we at least had heat and a few items plugged into electricity. We had to be really choosy about the electricity usage, thank goodness for battery-operated radios! Yes, I have one that does everything but the dishes. It has a flashlight, flashing red light, a siren, a cellphone charger, FM, AM, and a weather band, AND a crank feature in case the batteries drain. Nifty gadget.
To say I was inundated with emails upon my return to the world of electricity is an understatement. Over 1,100 were waiting for my scrutiny. Alas, I scrolled to the bottom of the pile and made an attempt to respond to each and every one of them. They wore me out. So, I answered today’s and had to delete the rest.
I know I missed some really cool stuff. Even if I do not respond to your posts with anything other than a LIKE and a SHARE on some social media, I Do read them. What’s that trending phrase… the struggle is real!
Thank you for your understanding. I am grateful that something told me to schedule certain posts way in advance. Gee, intuition might count for something after all.
Here’s to a happier weather life for all of us.
Carry on!
Annette Rochelle Aben 