Finally Friday...I finally got the east loft decluttered. One black bag of trash to the outside trash can. One stack of boxes and a large paper bag of newspaper for burn trash, 3 boxes of Daddy's stuff, 3 boxes of Mother's stuff and 4 boxes of our own. I plan to sort through boxes during recovery as Hubby said he would bring one down a day for me to sort.
Speed Up Saturday....Under winter storm warning of 3-10 inches of snow from 6 pm tonight to 7 am Monday. Possibly turning to rain middle of snow and then freezing ... I just hope we don't get WIND. Right now the wind is blowing at 11 mph.
Hubby made sure both trucks were full of gas and moved to the barn for cover. He disconnected the work truck from flatbed so he could put in under cover at the barn also. He checked on M and E making sure they knew it was going to get bad, tomorrow is church Sunday so they would be looking at being out early in buggy. M needed kerosene so Hubby got it when he went to get fuel for the truck. She is sending over angel food cake later today as she had made noodles and had extra egg whites. Hubby had already got milk so we didn't need anything.
I made sure the trash was out in the can and the can was bungee corded to the steel fence post. Too windy to burn anything so that stuff went to the holding area we have inside.
Generator has been checked and is ready to run if needed.
Lamps are filled with oil, I have candles, lighters and matches. Meals for next 3 days are planned so we are set.
AND YES I remembered all 6 adult kids what they needed to have if they lose electric and to be safe through this storm. One forgot to fill their car tank , another has no candles the 3rd didn't have anything they could eat with out power. SIGH. I guess 3 out of 3 being prepared is better then 0 out of 6.
Stay safe everyone
Blessed be
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Juls, you are both so ready for the storm. I read every post you share and appreciate the teaching in your posts. Keep safe.
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LOL on the kids. If I utter those two nasty words, FOOD STORAGE, I get eye rolling.
ReplyDeletemine all have food storage, the boys *ha ha that are 38, have one month along with daughter 3, daughters 1,2 and have 2 months, daughter 4 has 6 wks. They all live within walking distance to stores.
DeleteI spoke to my son who lives south of Columbus and he said it was going to storm. I didn't ask him if they were prepared. He grew up on a farm, he should know what to do. Don't forget to fill jugs of drinking water and buckets & tub for flushing water.
ReplyDeletewe have a cistern for flushing toilets and E has a pump he can put on our well that runs on a honda motor for drinking water.
DeleteI am glad we don't have to worry so much about bad snow, ice, and loss of electricity where i live. Well, we can lose electricity! If so, we have no means of heat or cooking. It worries me. I had both at my house. Stay safe and take care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteWell I hope you weather the storm safely.
ReplyDeleteI remember when 1 adult child asked what sort of things she should stock up on when we warned them they might get snowed in. That was years ago and she has probably learned by now. It's probably different for every family. I always like to have a good supply of Dr. Pepper. I'm not proud of that, but it's the truth. Of course there are other truly basic things and needed medicines. Now I'm old and alone and my kids remind me to be prepared.
ReplyDeletewell the kids know I am prepared since Daughter 4 and Son 2 have been up and check on the home. I need Coke a Cola. Jack Daniels Tn Honey whiskey or Jameson Whiskey. AND a pint of local honey.
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