ffq-lar Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 I've been up to my arse in snow!! We were without power for 8 days. No heat, light, water, blah blah blah for 8 days. No quilting for 8 days. Now I'm getting desperate! No internet and chat forum for 8 days. Withdrawal!!!! Here's a photo of the end of day 3--we got 7 inches of snow the first day of the storm. Then 14" the second day when the power went out. This is day 3. We have a generator which ran lights or fridge or heat. Denny played McGuyver and rigged up some amenities--like bucket baths and a bit of cooking. He loved it. Me? Not so much... I'm glad to be back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 We lost a lot of full trees and even more broken branches. No damage to the house and we are up and running again. Here's a photo of the heroes. There were power crews from as far away as Idaho and California who restored power to tens of thousands of us poor shivering Washingtonians. Thanks guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleshoes Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Glad your back up and running. I would surely go crazy for 8 days without electric. I think I have a electronic adiction here. Our weather here in PA has been so dreary and dark. I need sunshine already! spring cant get here fast enough! Carol Pgh, PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lym95 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 And here is the middle of the country we are having mid 50 temps almost daily. We have had a dusting of snow twice, but certainly not enough to do any sledding. So sorry for the rest of you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 welcome back, linda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sallyquilt Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Very pretty to look at (thx for the pics) but not so much to live through , I'm sure. I live in an all electric house so if that happened to me, I guess I'd have to mush my way to the nearest friendly neighbor. Or sit huddled under quilts in the dark. LOL! Sally in endless grey Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Oh my! I was worried. Hadn't seen you here on the forum. Glad you and Dennis are fine. I should have known he would take very good care of you. Bobby is coming out in April! Wish I could come too. The back yard is beautiful!!! Glad to see all the trees didn't come down! Wish I could send you some of this sunshine!!!:cool::cool::cool::cool: BTW how much hand work did you get done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 How did you heat your house? Surely you didn't heat your house with a generator! Bless your heart that there wasn't lots to do except read or visit with Den!!! Glad he had fun anyway!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaB Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Welcome back Linda .... I had been watching the NWCN seeing how hard you guys were being hit with such bad weather.....Olympia, Lacey, etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Originally posted by delld Oh my! I was worried. Hadn't seen you here on the forum. Glad you and Dennis are fine. I should have known he would take very good care of you. Bobby is coming out in April! Wish I could come too. The back yard is beautiful!!! Glad to see all the trees didn't come down! Wish I could send you some of this sunshine!!!:cool::cool::cool::cool: BTW how much hand work did you get done? None!! I did read "The Far Pavilions" and worked on my designs for that ever-elusive book I keep talking about. And (ouch) I did my State sales tax calculations. Thanks for thinking of me, Dell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 I'm sorry:( I know...its all my fault:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Originally posted by JustSewSimple How did you heat your house? Surely you didn't heat your house with a generator! Bless your heart that there wasn't lots to do except read or visit with Den!!! Glad he had fun anyway!!! Thanks Sylvia! Unbelievably, Dennis finished installing a natural gas back-up furnace to augment our heat-pump system--just two days before the storm hit. He was able to run the furnace off the generator and keep us fairly comfortable--but it was cooooooold in the morning. And to top it off, I didn't miss a day of work! At least there were lights, heat, and food at the grocery store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Originally posted by DoryJM I'm sorry:( I know...its all my fault:( :P:P No Dory--I stopped blaming you!! I decided we had such good luck last winter when the rest of the country was getting walloped with misery, that is was our turn! How did you fare up in Sequim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Oh my! I have missed you... but all of this time I thought you were just busy quilting another masterpiece!!! So sorry that you had to endure all of this but I am glad you are OK. I am sorry for the loss of your beautiful trees. I've been to your home and I love all of the fruit and nut trees around your home. So..... next priority for Denny is to get another backup generator --- dedicated only for your quilting machine. PS: I see that Miles and Fraiser Crane are still holding up well, in spite of the snow and ice in their pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newellyn Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 I suspected you were in that condition. Been there done that too. Soooo glad to see you back. I actually tried to call but didn't get an answer so assumed you were out of electricity. We got some really good winds but I think most of what could blow down blew during the hurricane of '07 so we didn't lose power. Lost a few shingles off the roof but not too bad. Take care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 so glad you are back...safe and sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Linda, so sorry to hear that you had to rough it for 8 days! Not fun in the cold! Good to see you back again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Glad to see you back. I had heard you all got walloped with the snow (while I was in danger of being blown of the coastline in Waldport) but I had no idea it was that much or lasted for that long! It's funny, but when they have bad weather in other parts of the country, it's national news. When we get smacked in the Northwest, they merely mention it! Is it because we are supposed to be such hearty folk, or because they just really don't pay much attention to us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 We've missed you! You have more snow than we do here in NY! If I had to be stuck though I'd be very happy to have McGuiver in my house! Go Denny go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borderline Quilter Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Welcome back Linda, hope you haven't sent that stuff east! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanros Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 OMG, Welcome back Linda, I use to live in MN so I know what you have been going through. We use to live In the country we didin't even have water as we had no power so no water pump either. Glad you are up and running again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinequilts Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Glad you are back Linda. Sounds like Dell is going to make sure you are not without your machine again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyT Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Beautiful 1st picture! Glad you're back and back in the swing of things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 I wondered where you were. I just thought you were busy, too. Since I'm retired I don't pay attention to the weather, even at home. But I usually do catch a glimpse of snowstorms somewhere. Just glad Dennis is so handy and made you as comfortable as he could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 8 DAYS ????? How awful. We had a terrible ice storm a few years ago and were without power for 4 days. That was bad enough. Glad you faired OK and hope this is the end of the snow for you. Here in Iowa, we have been blessed with more spring like weather and only a dusting of snow. We had a rough winter last year though. We still keep waiting for the sky to fall and get dumped on before spring really gets here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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