Briefly...no recent pics right now, just a note to say I am working on a new, better, schedule to get back to writing and blogging, on a more regular basis... My oldest son's fiance lost her job and moved into the den lock stock and barrel...they are getting married Dec 15th and STILL have no apartment to live in..so guess where they might be for a while..fun! ...YIKES I need something to wear! Very small, they will plan a party later..baby on the way...I now have the daughter I always wanted.
We survived 12½ days with any power, (the whole area) because of Sandy. But we were still in better shape than so many others on LI (and still are!). Fortunately, I like to get ready ahead of every season, for what the seasons weather brings, and since I LOVE weather and keep close tabs on it (I do that because I want to know whats in store for me when I step out the door to take care of the animals) I was following that storm since it formed in the Atlantic. So we had water, sand, food to make camp style, lots of clean blankets, and we had a big camping stay-cation (is that what they call it?) More on that another time..LI is still recovering... We had no internet/phone/tv for 21 days..we all got back into the habit or going to bed early REAL early. (I was waking up at 5:45am with no alarm) We had to go to bed early to stay warm. That was the one thing we didn't have....enough of burnable wood. We had enough for a fire in the evenings, but in the daytime we had to make a fire in the fire pit to cook on...no biggy since we were always campers anyway, but after 12½ days it was getting tiring (I wanted a REAL shower!) and I was starting to think we would have to burn furniture next (joke..but not really) I was thankful for what we did have, and even after a few days, although we couldn't drive to local stores because so many streets were blocked by fallen trees and power lines, we could walk to local strip stores that had generators and partial service so it was nice to be able to have real hot coffee in the morning and a choice of deli, pizza, or Chinese food into the early evenings... We had no house damage (except the wires ripped off the pole to our house) and although our neighbors tree is still sitting in my corral (an 80+' Oak....he said he would take care of it..still waiting)
Anyway, I will be writing more next week and hopefully be able to add some new pics. I see blogger has changed a lot since I was last here so have to figure that out over the weekend. SO much is going on here, and there is so much commotion and busy stuff going on, I am hoping I can find a spot of time to do that but we'll see...
Our sweet very protective rooster (he is so smart)
See ya next time...
Janie
Glad you survived without too much damage!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yes, all around us much damage. My heart goes out to the ones in Queens and Staten Island and even out here on LI on the south shore. Some people lost their homes..very sad. But there is such acts of kindness going on form all over the country it is heart warming. I still have a neighbors tree laying right across my back yard, it went through his fence and my corral. He said he would take care of it but like I said I am still waiting and I want to know who is going to fix my corral!)
DeleteGlad to hear that you did not have any major damage, was thinking about you when I heard where the storm was heading.
ReplyDeleteThank you Teri. We wold have had more damage if we had more rain. I remember Gloria and it was dark when the worst hit, and all you ccould hear was trees twisting and cranking and fall and and we had no idea where they were falling. That's what happens when you have 90' (plus) oaks over your head! Hopefully we will be spared anything big until I can have some trees taken down if I can afford it! Of course you don't want to take all the trees down, but I have 3 of them between my house and the neighbors, and one on the west side that hangs right over the house. I also see a HUGE branch, that was ripped off and it got caught up in a pine so it is way way up there waiting to come down. If it does it will probably come down on the path next to the house so I have to get that down before it hits someone walking! It costs close to $1000 to have one of those big trees taken down here so...it's not going to happen anytime soon! Pray!
DeleteEven though you have been through so much lately, you still seem to have a great attitude. That's a long time to be without power. And I am glad to hear that you have it now, and hope that things will get back to normal for you.
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Jen
Thanks, Jen. I just try to make the best of what we have to do and do it. And everyone was in the same boat so it doesn't help to make things happen any faster by getting angry or upset. They had to do the traffic lights, and many hospitals that even their back up generators didn't work! So, just glad it's over. They keep warning everyone to be prepared for the "next" one, which they know will come....oh well...
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