My plan was to have a productive day, crossing many items off my To Do list. My travels are over for a bit, and although I'm taking a sabbatical from teaching this summer, I am giving myself just two weeks in which to whip this house into shape. Then it's back to the studio!
Well.........the best laid plans of mice and men...........you know the rest. Our power went out about 2 and stayed out for over five hours. How soon we forget how much we rely on electricity. With temps in the mid 90's, we missed our A/C. Couldn't do laundry, couldn't run the dishwasher, couldn't dry my hair, and on and on. But an afternoon of inconvenience was nothing compared to the 10 days we went without power following hurricane Hugo or what the Gulf Coast residents endured, and are enduring, following Katrina.
Since then, we've kept emergency supplies on hand. We're never without lots of batteries and water, and propane along with an extra tank, is always at the ready. We use our grill almost daily, but today also used the side burner for stir-fry fresh veggies. The snow peas, onions and spinach came from our garden; other things were fresh from the farmer's market at the bottom of our hill. The veggies were delish with the pork tenderloin my husband had prepared last evening. We enjoyed a lovely dinner and were very relieved when electricity was restored!
