Yesterday at around 2 in the afternoon or so we lost power. *zip!* Gone. I was midpost for Annie's blog award (thank you Annie!) and had to make a fast shut down as the rumbling-in-the-distance thunder finally got closer. It had been rumbling for quite a while. So it was pretty slow moving, or at least it seemed so!I was on a blogging high too. I had posted some of exchange items, the giveaway and a birthday present (refresher) and our anniversary pics. Thank you all for the nice comments. You were all too kind! We do look so young there, and to think, we were only 20!
Anywho.... We lost power from then on. Apparently a tree fell on a wire on our little side road. That's why it took so long for them (Central Maine Power) to reach us. Gorham and Standish- neighboring towns- seemed to get the worst of it. I feel lucky as the hail damaged our outside light, nothing a quick trip to Home Depot can't fix! The "kicker" is when I was picking up the broken glass off the deck I got stung by a yellow jacket. Two benadryls and it was better. Killed the little bast*** too!
So with no power, nor water, flushing and so on.... I kept busy. :) See? What's a stash addict to do?.jpg)
Wind threads of course! I lit about 20 candles in all I think, trying to conserve our flashlight/lanterns, plus it creates a mood. You know? I managed to do quite a few. Plus I discovered a few (lots of fews) threads I had forgotten about.
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Wind threads of course! I lit about 20 candles in all I think, trying to conserve our flashlight/lanterns, plus it creates a mood. You know? I managed to do quite a few. Plus I discovered a few (lots of fews) threads I had forgotten about. I had been putting the light effects, variations, the hand dyeds, Anchors and other special flosses willy-nilly into this box. Well, I have started neatening that box! Not too sure how many will go into that segmented box (pictured), but at managed to get a bunch of the variegateds wound and ready. :)
*Lotta- the sticker is made by Jolees By You. Oddly enough the two I found online don't look quite as nice as the one I had bought. They are really nice as they have a nice layered felt-fabric feel to them. That's about what I paid for it too.
Flower!
But despite having to throw away most of what's in my fridge/freezer, I noticed this! I think it's my very first poppy growing in the pansy pot. I had forgotten I had thrown the seeds in with the flowers- not knowing if they would take or not. :) What a nice surprise!
7 comments:
Thanks for the link to the Panda. Now I have to put it on my flosslist to my flossmom. =)I love new things to put in my stash.
How exciting to be without power for so long in the summertime. I bet the kids thought it was way cool. ;)
Pretty flower!!
can I ask what a yellow jacket is? Is it a wasp/bee? Sorry if that sounds dumb
I love to sort through my stash,but I always get sidetracked into starting a new project...LOL
WEll thankfully losing power in the summer we don't have the worry of being cold. But this no toilet issue isn't a fun one..... will have to look into that and see what we can afford to do.
No problem brokenfairy- I added a link. It's a great question actually. To us (not sure if it's an American thing, or a Northeastern thing,) we call these yellow jackets, but the ones in the same family that are all black we refer to as just hornets/wasps.
Sorry to read you were out of power for so long, hope everything ok now. Love the picture of the poppy (of course!) xx
ouch - no power. And no toilet flush? You have my utmost sympathies.
But honestly, I love the ambience candles make too. Sometiems I ditch all the lights on purpose just to have the house lit by candles. :P
Yeah, having a well and not being able to have water is the pits, isn't it? My mom used to fill the bathtub up when it was supposed to storm. All of those candles look so enticing. I'm glad that you were able to make the best of the situation. As I type this, we are having thunder at work. No rain, not terribly dark, just thunder.
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