Re: ice storms

Get a bath woman - I KNOW that was driving you bonkers!!
Major woo hoo - happy fer ya!


On 12/13/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> POWER IS BACK ON!! WOO HOO. Let me tell ya...this week there has been
> just a little toooooo much "togetherness" in my house. I was ready to
> rip some heads off last night. I just wanted my normal routine back and
> people to STOP TALKING! Isn't that horrible. And I love my 18 month old
> grandangel, but her mother was just letting her run around the house and
> yell and scream and I finally said, "EMILIA - BE QUIET!" and her
> mother's eyes bugged out. I just had enough of that nonsense. My nerves
> were shot, I've been freezing cold at night and had no sleep...and a
> grandbaby running amok - along with peeping chics all night long.
> Auugghhhhh.
>
>
> Thank GOD for the power being back on. Maybe life will return to normal
> now. I nice hot bath......yessssssss. Washer that works...yesssssss.
>
>
>
> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh dear. Makes it tough w/ all that enforced togetherness! I'll be happy
> when you get your power back too, bless your heart.
>
> On 12/13/07, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >
> > Yep - we just put our food outside. It was 24-30 degrees Sunday through
> > yesterday. There were a couple of times where I had to thump Raja and
> > tell her they were NOT hers, but Boomer was just as bad. He kept
> > sticking his nose in there to see what all that noise was about....
> >
> >
> >
> > Pam Evans wrote:
> > yikes. beats freezin' to death though. were you able to salvage any of
> > the food in the big freezer in the garage?
> > Is Raja playing nice w/ the little chicks?
> >
> >
> > On 12/12/07, Jesse Bell wrote:
> > >
> > > Gallons and gallons. It's the kind you see out on farms where they use
> > > them to fill up tractors and stuff. It's a big silver tank looking
> thing
> > > up on a stand. It cost us about $300 to fill it up. Farm discount.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kitty wrote:
> > > how big is the tank?
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > > neIN, Zone 5
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:34 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] ice storms
> > >
> > >
> > > > We drove into work today and my mouth was just hanging open all the
> > way
> > > > here. Massive amounts of trees down, all over the place. So many
> > > > beautiful OLD trees just wasted. Trees still in the roads because
> the
> > > > clean up crews haven't been able to get to them yet. We are not
> > supposed
> > > > to get power at home until next week so I'm really glad we got the
> > > > generator. It uses about a tank of gas an hour - so we stocked up on
> > gas
> > > > cans and have a big farm size gas tank on our place that is going to
> > be
> > > > filled up today. This has been a real eye opener. We are no where
> NEAR
> > > > as bad as those in New Orleans were - and it's miserable. I can't
> even
> > > > imagine what they went through.....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Patricia
> > > wrote:
> > > > Jesse,
> > > > I am glad to know you are ok. Living without power is tough. One of
> > the
> > > > hardest things for me was how quiet it is, but it might not be for
> you
> > > > without so many people and animals in the house with you. We had hot
> > > water
> > > > and gas logs in the fire place but it was soooo cold in the bathroom
> > > even
> > > > with hot water.
> > > > I hope it doesn't last too long for you. They are saying this is the
> > > worst
> > > > disaster ever for Oklahoma. That seems hard to believe but since so
> > many
> > > > people are affected and it isn't over yet. The prediction for 2-5
> > inches
> > > > of
> > > > snow on Friday and Saturday will not make it any easier.
> > > > Tricia
> > > > western ok
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jesse Bell"
> > > > To:
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:49 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] ice storms
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Well, I'm back at work. Our power went off at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday.
> > The
> > > >> only source of heat we had was our wood burning stove. Our town
> looks
> > > >> like a massive tornado went through it. We managed to find a big
> > > welding
> > > >> generator and hooked it up to the house yesterday so we have heat,
> > > light
> > > >> and our refrigerator is working again. Still no hot water yet.
> > Working
> > > >> on that. It has been a long, hard three days.......nothing like 4-5
> > > >> kids, the grandbaby, four dogs, a cat and 8 baby chickens all piled
> > on
> > > >> the floor in front of a stove - all night - for two nights and
> three
> > > >> days.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Pam Evans wrote:
> > > >> No kidding. Haven't heard from Jesse. Hope Tricia is OK too. And
> > > everyone
> > > >> in Iowa, heard it hit there today!!
> > > >>
> > > >> On 12/11/07, Donna wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> maybe we all need to check in - They claim the ice storm is
> sweeping
> > > >>> almost the entire mid section of the country... or will soon.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Donna
> > > >>>
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> > > >> Kemp TX
> > > >> zone 8A
> > > >>
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