Frantic Christmas, but mostly good
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selenayWhen we finally got there, Christmas was great. The massive power outage on Christmas Eve made things rather tricky (we usually have a fair bit of the meal constructed before Christmas morning) and my uncle turning up three hours early didn't help, but we got there and it was a fun day. Phew!
We finally got to open presents, and found time to sit down and watch Doctor Who, at around 10pm on Boxing Day. Yes, it was rather busy. The airline was lovely and delivered my sister's luggage that afternoon despite assuring us that they couldn't, so we're currently feeling very grateful to Continental.
Saturday was spent with my aunt and cousin visiting us, which was actually really good fun and possibly the first time that any of us really relaxed for about a week. It's been a stressful holiday season!
Yesterday started off with a bang - literally! The power transformer outside our house blew up at around 7.45am. So no power, again.
I am *so* over power cuts now.
The guys who came to fix it then blew it up even better at around 9am, creating a bigger bang and a big flash of fire. They then went away to get some more people and some equipment. Power was finally restored at noon so we were able to turn on some heat (because the heat had been turned down for the night) and get showers and hot drinks. Phew! The afternoon was spent in front of the TV with DVDs because we really needed a rest from our holiday.
Work today is insane - can I go home now?
I have two lovely treats from Yuletide waiting for me which I can't wait to read. Due to all the craziness and power cuts, this is the first time that I've actually been on-line since Christmas Eve. That must be a record for me! I'll have a DW review as soon as I've got ten minutes to actually write it and hopefully everything is going to be plain sailing from now on. I really hope.
We finally got to open presents, and found time to sit down and watch Doctor Who, at around 10pm on Boxing Day. Yes, it was rather busy. The airline was lovely and delivered my sister's luggage that afternoon despite assuring us that they couldn't, so we're currently feeling very grateful to Continental.
Saturday was spent with my aunt and cousin visiting us, which was actually really good fun and possibly the first time that any of us really relaxed for about a week. It's been a stressful holiday season!
Yesterday started off with a bang - literally! The power transformer outside our house blew up at around 7.45am. So no power, again.
I am *so* over power cuts now.
The guys who came to fix it then blew it up even better at around 9am, creating a bigger bang and a big flash of fire. They then went away to get some more people and some equipment. Power was finally restored at noon so we were able to turn on some heat (because the heat had been turned down for the night) and get showers and hot drinks. Phew! The afternoon was spent in front of the TV with DVDs because we really needed a rest from our holiday.
Work today is insane - can I go home now?
I have two lovely treats from Yuletide waiting for me which I can't wait to read. Due to all the craziness and power cuts, this is the first time that I've actually been on-line since Christmas Eve. That must be a record for me! I'll have a DW review as soon as I've got ten minutes to actually write it and hopefully everything is going to be plain sailing from now on. I really hope.
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Date: 2008-12-29 02:12 pm (UTC)You'll have to get a wood burning stove or an Aga. At least then you'd always have heat and hot water! They take a little more looking after, but you aren't at the vagaries of the weather. We used to live in a village that had overhead power lines, and it seemed that as soon as the wind blew, we'd get a power outage. If there was an actual storm, or extreme weather of any description, we'd *definitely* be powerless for hours on end.
We had open fires and a coke boiler, and much of the time we were very glad of it. I managed to set one of the fires up to heat water on, so we always had tea and coffee. I did wish for an Aga though. Still do!
Here's to a slightly less eventful start to 2009 :o)
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Date: 2008-12-29 02:19 pm (UTC)We've also been considering a generator so that we can at least run a heater and some lights in one room that won't burn the house down. With the cats around, it's quite worrying to be using candles!
We did get ourselves a Coleman stove in the summer and Mum carefully put the propane bottle into the shed so that it wasn't in the house being dangerous. Sadly, we couldn't get to the shed on Monday (methinks that this is a silly idea if the stove is intended for bad weather) and we have now discovered that the shed door has swelled shut and may not be open again until Spring. So I need to buy a replacement bottle and store it inside the house, no matter how worried Mum is because it's pointless to have a small gas stove that cannot be used because the gas bottle is inaccessible.
Not that I'm bitter about that :-)
I'm really hoping and praying that things are a wee bit less eventful for the rest of the winter.