Today I went out to deliver eggs and grab 3 things at the supermarket
Three hours later I was home.
By the time I had shopped, chatted, dropped eggs off, chatted, dropped more eggs off, chatted along with ‘shawl-show-and-tell’ then got to Ruby & Margies to drop off final eggs, I thought, whatever – I give up on getting home at a reasonable hour – lets put the kettle on! 😀 (ooooo – and Margies scrummy cake! I turn up at the BEST times!)
When I got home, happily there was a bit of the fire still going and Jeff not awake yet – so I stoked it up and got started on dinner.
Aaaand out goes the power! At 6pm – a time when you hear a collective scream of all local mothers trying to get the evening-time routine sorted!
This time I have a contingency plan!! I was very cool – no panicking!! Really – its like a black hole when the power goes out. We have no way of knowing whether it will be 5 minutes or 5 hours. No mobile phone to ring and check – our internet and phone is electricity dependent.
So… I figure I can cook my hamburgers on the fire – I thawed some pre-made breadcrumbs to make said hamburgers and cut up all garlic and onion by lamplight. No worries.
Jeff made a survival cup of coffee…
I must admit I felt a little cheated when the power came back on before I had made my survival hamburgers! I started them on the fire just to see if I could, then finished them on the stove.
I was taking the last bite of dinner and snap – out go the lights again!
So we sat in the dim light of the fire, nice and snug and I did some more crochet by balancing the lamp on my shoulder!
I thought it was lovely and quiet and relaxing – Jeff wasn’t as impressed as he was trying to wake up properly so he could go to work!
Sadly, all power is back on – so no excuses to ignore the dishes!
Hope your day was adventurous!
Cheers
HI Lisa,
I like to read after I go to bed, and I’m up traipsing around the house at night, so I purchased a baseball cap with built-in LED lights in the brim. It has three levels of intensity, so I can read, knit or wander without disturbing my husband. I purchased it on Amazon. I highly recommend it.
Hi! Thanks for the info! Jeff and I were talking about headlamps last night!! Much easier than balancing a lamp on my shoulder!! 🙂 I’ll check that out! I am also an addict to reading in bed – would be better light wise than annoying Jeff!
Love the splash of purple on the shawl. We women know how to adapt to adverse situations! We lost power for a few days in Scotland during a snowstorm, I just said we’d eat the ice cream and build an igloo of sorts for all the foods in the freezer and fridge. We did have a coal fireplace and managed to stay warm and cozy
LOL – Oh my gosh – I can’t even BEGIN to imagine how cold that would have been!! Lucky for the fireplace! That makes almost everything all better!! 🙂
Good thing you’re such resourceful and self-sufficient people! 😀