Has anyone heard from Tulsa_Rose yet?
PKponder TX Z7B
5 years ago
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Comments (12)I emailed Melinda (ilovefarac) privately in February, and she told me that she got her seeds from me just fine and was happy with them. :) Things were extremely busy and chaotic around my home for a while (Jan thru March) due to moving related activities, a job search, and other challenges... plus, there were also interruptions in my Net access during that time frame too. Health wise, I have been OK, just suddenly found I had way too much to do thanks to sudden changes in my personal life. I am having surgery in a couple days (Friday March 20th) and have high hopes that this surgery will permanently end most or all of my ongoing health troubles....See MoreHas anyone heard from Gardenweed?
Comments (32)I am no longer powerless as of 4 p.m. yesterday. Lights came on just as I drove into the driveway from work. Since there's such extensive damage to trees, poles, wires, transformers, etc., I won't be surprised if there are sporadic service interuptions in the coming weeks. I hope to be back online from my home P/C later today. My closest neighbor ran a heavy-duty power cord from his house to mine but I couldn't really use it without leaving the door part-way open. The refrigerator has been warm for ten full days so there's nothing salvageable in it at this point. We don't have city water--the artesian wells here in CT provide lots of excellent fresh, clean water when there's electricity to run the pumps. No power = no water other than what you run ahead of the outage or what falls from the sky. Thanks to WS, one thing I have lots of are clean gallon milk jugs. A friend who didn't lose power saves them for me and sent me home one day with 4 gallons of water from her house to use for washing. I went to Outward Bound...twice...in Maine years ago and learned a lot of wilderness tricks that come in handy in these types of situations. First course was wilderness bushwhacking (hiking, climbing, rapelling); second course was sailing. A key lesson is not listening to your Little F*ck-it Voice when your back's against the wall. Morz8 - didn't need the space heater since the woodstove down cellar is so efficient, my upstairs was 69 degrees the whole time. Being warm was half the battle--it was folks that weren't who suffered a whole lot worse than I did. Somers, CT doesn't allow homes to be built on less than an acre of land and many homes are built on larger properties. Carlo's house next door is 200+ ft. south of mine. I do come from tough stock--Dad's family arrived in Massachusetts in 1621 aboard the sailing ship 'Fortune.' Mom's family came in 1631 when there weren't even any roads. Thanks for the generous offer Nancy. I'd be lying if I said the idea would make me wish the power was still off! tomva - thanks so much for the good wishes--they're much appreciated. Wendy - your prayers were answered!! Thank you so much! Not too many folks heat with wood around here--they mostly rely on noisy generators to KTLO (keep the lights on) & power the water pump. With extreme weather conditions becoming more frequent, I'm guessing the wood-burning stove business is going to be on the upswing. Couldn't sleep last night so I got started cleaning & doing laundry around 1 a.m. I'm just one person and I've got six loads of laundry piled up + bedding. Imagine what a family of four is facing! Oh, and Carlo's cousin he's staying with, her washing machine cr@pped out just as the power came back on so they can't even wash their mountains of laundry! I heated up a can of vegetable soup last night and rolled a biscuit to have with it--first hot meal in almost 2 weeks other than McDonald's & shelter food. I went back & ate a second bowl of soup it tasted so good. Tomorrow I'll empty the 'fridge & freezer & use Carlo's dumpster to get rid of all the spoiled food. This experience has taught me a lesson about keeping things in the freezer too long & buying multiples just because they're on sale. I should have Internet access later this afternoon and if there's time, I'll download photos from the camera to share. I'm also staring down the barrel of trying to make up work hours I missed....See MoreHas anyone heard from Helena?
Comments (17)Helena, If you want anything from my salvia collection to get your garden started again, it's yours, let me know, ok? I deployed to Houston Texas on 9/4/05 for 11 days for response to Katrina. I was part of a preventive medicine team charged with helping to keep the evacuees healthy in the Astrodome and near by shelters at Reliant Park. Joseph...See MoreHas anyone heard from Jolana?
Comments (17)Hey!!! Carolann's been bad! I'm an angel of course. Jolana sent me an X-mas e-mail too. I miss her wisdom and her kind words. I sent a short one back. I hope she had the energy to see it. Wanna hear something silly and totally off the subject? Carol if you switch the vowels in your name it spells Coral! Now you know! LOL!PJ...See MorePKponder TX Z7B
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