Sorry for the multiple posts today. Since Linda is home (yay!) she is staying busy around the house and thinking of more ideas for storm prep.
Our bathtub is full of water. This seems like a great idea if we eventually have no water. She can flush the toilets, and use some to clean the dishes. Next, she made hard boiled some eggs for quick protein snacks should we have no electricity. Both Chim and I love eggs, so it will make a good snack for us too.
Next up, it seemed like cupcakes were important to have on hand. She made vanilla/funfeti/fall cupcakes. She is letting them cool off before she starts decorating them. Twelve cupcakes and 2 days stuck in the house... I'm just wondering what in the world she was thinking.
Another storm prep idea she did was to fill her freezer with Ziploc bags. Now she has a ready made cooler! If we loose power, some of them will go right in the fridge to keep our food fresh.
Her favorite and probably best idea if we loose power is the ability to have hot coffee. Back in the day when her Mom was just married, she got this old-school fondue pot. The lid and cooking sticks are still downstairs. Linda made some coffee and put it in the fridge. In the morning, she is going to pour a cup in the fondue pot and use the little candles underneath in the sterno holder to heat it up!
Of course we have blankets, flashlights and plenty of dry kibble if we need to resort to that when the chicken runs out. She also looked online and got the emergency numbers for all the utilities and insurance.
This morning, Linda was chatting with the checkout guy at Whole Foods. They were talking about the storm and no joke, he said the whole storm was politically motivated to make Obama look good. Um.. I don't think so hippie boy. He may be the President of the United States, but the last I heard he isn't the one controlling the weather. The guy also said when his shift was over he was going to find a swollen stream and go kayaking.
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