24 hours with no power.

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? 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!

button, button, I didn't order the buttons....

I didn't know that the Snowman Trio uses buttons for the design. Sheesh, how did I miss that? So I should have ordered this set. I think I will wait and see if the mittens are charted in stitches, if they are, I'll just stitch them; otherwise I will have to order them. Grrrr.

(I woke up at 6am. Who does that without an alarm clock on a Sunday morning?)

I have my seed tray. Soil. My "Spring Fever brain".... I am going to start some veggies (I'll list those in detail later), geraniums and some sunflowers. Sunflowers really have a wow factor, don't you think? It's worth seeing the kids' faces. I keep wanting to do snapdragons, maybe I will this year. Not sure when those can go outdoors here in Maine.
I love starting seeds, even if I end of giving everything away! It's the sprout popping through the soil that makes me so happy. If we were rich I would have a greenhouse and a large sun room filled with plants. Maybe if I save my pennies I could do that around retirement ;) .
The tomatoes are a first for me to start. Each year our friend R. has an organic garden. It's his most favorite hobby. He shares the cucumbers, tomatoes,lettuce, cantaloupes, beets and tons of other things with us. We help in giving him our compost year round (an intricate set up utilizing the freezer and buckets-with lids). Plus, last year I started some seeds for him- just sunflowers- nothing carrying real importance in our stomachs. This year I am turning it up a notch. Though I think he understands that I don't want to waste any of those expensive seeds. So what I am doing is still going to help him out, plus we'll have some tomatoes for us to grow in containers this year. We are up to our ears in clay here, so containers are the way to go for us.
~I will probably take progress pics. :)