ON Topic - Ice Storm Stitching

Jan 18, 2007 7 Replies

No power for most of 3 days, so......



Most of the time it was too dark to stitch even with my clip lamp. I did glance through the new Nordic Needle catalog; it needs further study. ;)



I tried to put floss away, but my Palm didn't have lots of battery and since I needed a portable alarm clock, I didn't waste the battery double checking for repeats. Must find a better storage system - cookie tins fill up too quickly, I did fold fabric and put them away. I wish I could identify fabric more easily other then Aida/Tula vs evenweaves. I have to find my handy dandy thread counter too.



Also, I did make a stab at reorganizing my WIPS/UFO's. I will either A. toss the old laundry basket and buy something new that matches the area it sits in. B. Attempt to wash it (seems risky washing the wicker and fabric) or C. Rip out the old lining and reline it. While I'd really like something new, finding something as deep will be difficult and my shopping time is limited right now. Relining maybe the way to go and since I have to hit the fabric store any way (need a new liner pad for the dining room table), it counts as s.e.x.


Off to finish catching up on the house work and other post ice storm joys. No major branches down or damage.



C

Cheryl Isaak ,in >

We didn't get the ice storm but you did send us the ghastly, low temps of arctic proportions, it is just starting to rise today.

I have one of those little mp3 players and at anytime have all sorts of things lined up to listen to from CBC to BBC to Al Jazeera, that will be useful when there is a power outage. I think podcasts are wonderful !

It is still pretty cold here and will be thru midday and there maybe snow this weekend!

I found the old battery powered radio and found the local station most likely to have useful news and reasonable music.

C

No ice storm predicted here, but I am going to be joining Cheryl in the dark.

The electric company left me a notice today that they will be turning off our power from 8-4 tomorrow (on a Saturday!!!?) for "service upgrades".

Fortunately, I am doing some mindless knitting for the housewarming gift, so if it's too dark to stitch, I'll have something to occupy my time. And just got a new 24-pack of AA batteries, so I can run the CD player and the book light.

We'll find out whether having gas heat is of any use in a blackout ... the blower is electric, so there will be some experimentation of how well the heat circulates without that assistance.

And someone please remind me that I need to go down to the basement and push the reset button on the hot water heater when it's all over, or I won't have any hot water till I do.

Should I call you after DD's afternoon practice to check on you?

No ice storm here either (thank goodness) in Mississippi but really cold and wet. We also have a gas furnace with electric blower and unless there is something different about your furnace, you won't have heat from it while the electric is off. Heck of a time to "upgrade" isn't it?

I may have refugeed to Brian's. He's only a couple blocks away, but he didn't get a notice.

Just e-mail and remind my dead brain cells to push the button and wait

90 minutes before running my bath.

Given the choice, I'd rather they do it in winter, when I can pile on the blankets, than when it's 112. I've lived through periods of no A/C at all, and I'd rather not do it again.

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