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| Thackeray (back) and Laoise (front) snuggling to stay warm. |
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| Thackeray has found a warm spot, relatively speaking. |
It just is another example that power is everything! There were issues not only of the actual electricity, but my ability to function, my personal power, and I discovered that I have neither the knowledge nor the physical ability to handle my current system. Thank heavens for Kathy and especially Loyd who showed up many times to refill the gas in my generator, including once at 4AM! Even if I'd not been too cold to go outside to do that, I couldn't have done it safely with my tremor. I was powerless and totally dependent on the generosity of very good friends, and I am most grateful to them for their assistance.
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| Sasha exploring near a space heater, |
And so, I want to wish each and every one of you, my readers, a very, very Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm so glad you have power (and a warmer house!) again.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young my family lived in Wyoming. We had a wood stove to heat the house. It worked well most of the time, but it could get a bit chilly when the really big storms came down from the Rocky Mountains. We'd pile on the blankets before bed and I'd imagine that one of my parents woke up once or twice in the night to add more fuel to the fire.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too.
Thanks, Lydia! Warmth is fantastic!! It is amazing what a difference it makes to one's outlook on life. And yes, a wood stove would certainly have helped, but they do need rather a lot of constant attention one way or another.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you as well, and thanks for stopping by my blog!
I'm so glad to hear your power is back on!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you too!
Happy Thanksgiving, Daphne! Did you stay nice and toasty last night? I hope your fellow Vashonites all have their power back on today.
ReplyDeleteI can obviously relate to Lydia's comment! :-) It's supposed to reach a downright balmy 19ยบ here today! First day we'll have climbed out of single digits in about a week!
I don't know if you've decided on a non-electric alternative/supplemental heat source yet, but I was telling BW about your plight and he suggested this heater. A long time ago he worked at a greenhouse/small engine repair place that sold these, and he thinks it's the best solution for you, especially if you don't want to go to the expense of a wood burning stove. Northern Tools has a lot of other non-electric heaters too (kerosene, propane, wood), maybe you'll get some ideas from their web site. Personally I love the pot-belly stove! :-)
Wishing you and all your critters a warm and peaceful holiday!
P.S. If not for your caption I don't think I'd have noticed there were two cats in that first photo! Laoise and Thackeray look like they've melded into a single cat! :-)
Rose: Many thanks for "being with me" through my trials! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! I find it much easier to wish that to vegans than "regular" folks, somehow.
ReplyDeleteLaloofah: Yes, thanks I was really nice and toasty last night as well as today and I must say that after being without, my thanks are even more heartfelt! And I can identify also with your desire to get out of the single digits. We have gotten to 34 after 2 days with really low temps (for us--our worst night dropped to 14 and believe me we don't handle that well at all!), and it has made a world of difference.
Please also thank BW for his suggestion. I suspect that or something like it is what our Interfaith Council for the Homeless provided to our tenting homeless and they were extremely grateful. My fear of fire is extreme and I won't even fill my generator and I am really uncomfortable with it even though it is out in the garage and I'm assured very safe, so I'm not sure I could do the propane heater no matter how safe it really is. And, of course, I'd still be stuck with the generator for power to things like my septic pump and my refrigerator, not to mention my microwave so I can have hot food and then there is the computer so I don't feel so isolated. Then there is also my age to take into account and whether I could maintain say a wood burning stove. I certainly proved that because of age and ignorance of engines and my inability to handle the cold that I couldn't maintain what I currently have and I was so lucky to have Loyd willing and able to handle that. So there really are lots of complications and as you said here or in another comment, I wouldn't need it often, but when I need it I really need it--the power never goes out in good weather--always seems to pick the bitter cold. Last year's winter for us anyway was comparatively mild, but I hear that this winter's could be really bad, so I'm going to prepare for the worst. If I do, then it won't happen and lots of folks can then be grateful for my preparedness.
And yes, Laoise and Thackeray are very similar in markings (Laoise is a bit oranger) and they do really snuggle together, and so they do look like one large cat.
Glad things are a bit warmer on your end (did you notice that what you are looking forward justifiably for sure as a high is what we dreaded as a low?--Funny, huh!), and that you have a warm, snuggly, peaceful holiday!