Handy Man, Crafty Woman

Ok, I realize this is getting old, and I will make it up to you all soon with some good posts, I swear!  It’s just been hard to deal with everything, and we even HAVE some electricity during the day.

Outside: the weather is nice and sunny.  Snow is almost all melted.  Lots of power trucks and crews around.  The 1-800 number for our utility says that power “should” be restored to all remaining customers today…but I’ll believe it when I see it!  There are still lines down all around us.  Two minutes in 1 direction, there is power.  Three minutes in the other direction, there is power.

Handy Boy: had school today!! WOO HOOOOOO! He was actually bummed, he was so used to staying home due to vacation and no school yesterday.  However, he was so bored, I can’t believe he wanted to stay HOME again!

Handy Man: less sick, but still cranky.  Decided to work from home today.  Thankfully he is a computer geek and he can do that.  His computer is hooked up to one of the working plugs, and we have internet.  He is going to keep an eye on the generator today today, as usual.  Keep it gassed up, etc.

Me:  getting ready to load my tired hiney into the car and go to my sister-in-law’s house so I can do more laundry.  I think I need chocolate…think I spotted some Easter candy somewhere around here…I am really hoping this is my last post like this!

Handy Man woke up and realized the phone and cable were working, woo hoo!!  But still no electricity.  The sky is grey and its a bit windy.

Outside:  Crews continue to work in our area.  Still no activity in our immediate neighborhood.  School was called off today, since the school has no power, either.

Handy Man: Still limping a bit.  Now his cold is somewhat better, but his nose is running endlessly.

Handy Boy: Glad to be watching Spongebob on cable TV.  Happy there was no school today.  This is because he knows we are going to Grandma & Grandpa’s to wash clothes today.

Me:  Happy to have a chance to get OUT of the house and do laundry…how lame is THAT?!

Day 3 of no electricity, no phone, no internet.  (I’m trying wi-fi at McDonald’s for the first time.  Very cool!)

Outside: still a lot of trees down.  I counted about 5 broken poles or broken wires in a 10 minute drive from our house to McDonald’s.  There are branches and trees down everywhere; it looks like a war zone.  The power to the main route where I am now is on (mostly), but I think it’s going to be a while for our neighborhood.  Snowed some more over the weekend. Lost three BIG trees in the woods behind our house.  I think we heard them fall overnight on Thursday.

Our house: thankfully, we have a generator running the essentials (see yesterday’s post.)  One of the neighbors came back and put on a generator, too.  Neighborhood is pretty deserted.

Handy Man: has a cold, and his gout in his foot is bothering him.  Yes, handy man has GOUT like an old man.  He’s been sniffling, coughing and hobbling around whining.  I think he needs to go back to work…SOON!

Handy Boy: bored out of his mind; winter vacation last week wasn’t much of a vacation.  There may be no school tomorrow, I don’t think the school has power.  He’s fighting me on finishing his book report.  Hard to concentrate, hard to see with only 1 lamp on, lol.

Me:  tired and aggravated.  I may have to go to my parent’s tomorrow to wash underwear.

Everytime we hear a truck or car on the street, we rush (or hobble) to the window to see if its an electric company truck.

Supplies are running low…I’m going to bring some milk home.  SEND HELP SOON! **sighhhh**

Hi everyone!  I haven’t been able to update the blog, as we had a HUGE wind storm on Thursday night.  We had winds of over 50 mph; trees are down, lines are down.  Poor Handy Boy was TERRIFIED of the noise!  It was so awful.

Thursday at 10:30 pm, our power went out.  As I write this (2:00 pm eastern on Saturday), we STILL have no power.  So, no power, no phone lines, no INTERNET, aaaack!!  I am posting this from my friend Holly’s house.  Thanks, Holly & Sean, for letting me use your internet!

Holly just re-did her downstairs bath, I asked her if I could take pictures of it to show on the blog here, so watch for those soon.

Handy Man is at home, keeping an eye on the generator.  Thank GOODNESS we have a generator that powers the basics: heat, hot water, the fridge (so food doesn’t spoil)…and the TV and VCR.  That was Handy Man’s idea, of course.  Gotta make sure the TV has power!  We can’t watch any cable TV, but we have DVDs to watch.  Handy Man also hooked up his computer to the generator; but with no internet service available, there’s not much we can do with that.

I’ll be sharing some photos of the storm damage when I can.  Thanks for sticking around; I’ll be back when I can!

I hope those of you in New England who were hit by the storm weren’t out of electricity for too long.  I’ll update when I can.