Tuesday, January 18, 2011

This Much I Know

I am now wise.  It happened at 11:45am this morning.  Suddenly it all made sense.  I must pass on what I now know.

1) Always do your dishes first thing in the morning because if you don't have hot water and heat, your hands will get really cold.

2) Take a shower first thing in the morning.  Especially if you will be showing your face at work.  This is important because if you loose power you will choose no shower over a cold shower.

3) Your wood stove is your friend.  If it is 0℉ make sure you watch your fire until you have a good bed of coals.  If not you will spend all morning helping your fire limp along.

The enlightenment came  in the form of a power outage and a 0℉ temperature outside.  It occured to me that if I had not procrastinated the dishes, and shower, and had I manned the woodstove better my morning would have gone a lot smoother.  Power came on, probably just after I left the house to head to town for some warmth.

Hilight, taking out some stored food and cooking it over the woodstove for my toddler.

4 comments:

  1. That was always the highlight of power outages when I was little...and the camping out by the wood stove at night!

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  2. It was so much fun as a child when the power was out. Torches and candles- what could be more exciting!
    A cold shower with 0.F outside? Daunting.

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  3. We are looking down the barrel of -20....There is just no amount of wood burning or anything burning that can keep us warm at that temp. Even with everything cranking, its going to be a painful few days. The funny thing about outages is that no one really has showers..so everyone has hat head and keeps a safe distance from others. Right?

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  4. Ohhh one of those days... oy. We have a planned outtage today at two different times and I'm crossing my fingers it's only for a few minutes. Luckily though, it's supposed to get up to 23 today! I can't even tell you how excited I am about that.

    Stay warm up there.

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