Yes folks it's that time of year again for the wind and the rain to wreak havoc on us here as we prepare for another dose of high winds followed by rain from the weather Gods. We are expecting winds up to 50 mph, not nearly as bad as last year but it is quite early in the season for this much wind. So as you can imagine I spent my day preparing for the "what if the power goes out" scenario! Since I still have the generator from our friends down south, I got it out and dusted it off, filled up all my gas cans, tied down some things outside and bought some heavy duty chain so the generator doesn't get stolen. As for inside the house we charged everything with a battery, broke out the emergency candles w/matches and inventoried my disaster kit. Last year we were w/out pwr for 3 days. We froze, cooked on our propane camp stove, played boardgames by candlelight and did whatever else we could to keep boredom at bay. This year we will stay warm at the very least but we also will be able to watch dvd's and such maybe even tv if the cable is not out. Either way we are set much better this year. Unfortunately our friends asked for their generator back so although we will be able to weather through this storm the next one we may not be as lucky. The generator I want is about 1200 bucks which leaves me about 800 bucks shy of that so hopefully I win the lottery or I happen to find a rather large sum of money on the ground because there will be more storms and there will be more power outages...thats a fact! Anyone wishing to donate to the cause please feel free to call, email or respond to this post.
I wanted to include some of the pics of the flowers Rhonda planted this year. They turned out really well in the pots we purchased and definately add to our otherwise bare landscape. We are hoping for grass next year and I would like to do a garden. I'm thinking of a raised garden due to our soil being very rocky and sandy. We also want to do some composting. I've been researching those composters that you add stuff to and just give the handle a crank. Seems like those would be much less labor intensive than just a ground system not to mention they apparently work faster so they produce more compost. I will keep you informed.
Stay tuned for the aftermath of the storm report and just remember it might be a couple of days...who knows!
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