Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Weird But Wonderful Wednesday
As I was living in the dark ages for the last week, I didn't have much opportunity to surf the interwebs. So this week's entry is an oldie, but a goodie! From the wonderful Weird Al Yankovic we have Amish Paradise! Enjoy!!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Rola Pe Gaya
My darling Akshay is featured once again in this song from one of his latest films, Patiala House, and the end of the clip looks very dramatic! I can't wait to see it! Enjoy!!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Some Photos From The Snowstorm
And this is just a small percentage of what the rest of the street, not to mention the city, looked like! Scary!!! (Click on the photos to embiggen them!)
Yes, that's me in the last shot! I repeat...scary stuff!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Getting Back to Normal
The power finally came back on at around 7:30PM last night.
Which meant that we had been without power for EIGHT F**king days!!!!
Ack.
You don't realize how much you take for granted the wonders of modern day living, until you don't have them anymore.
I'm glad and grateful to have them back.
We will resume our regular broadcasts tomorrow.
TTFN
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Update 11/03/2011
Hello All
As of today, they are still saying that most of Springfield will not have power restored until sometime this Saturday.
I am sure that I will be in with that lot, if not later, just because of the huge number of downed trees and branches on my street alone. (I took pictures and will get them posted once we have power again.)
Add to that the fact that the power line that connects my house to the utility pole was knocked down by a falling branch. It looks to be intact so it should just be a simple matter of reconnecting it. And I did call the electric company yesterday to have them note that for when they come down our street.
Fortunately, F's brother "M", who lives about a mile and a half from us got his power back last night, so we are staying with them (Teddy-ji too!). It wasn't the most ideal situation, but, it was a relief to have warmth and light.
Unless things change tomorrow or over the weekend, you may not hear from me again until next week when I'm back at work. Take care and keep those prayers a'coming!
TTFN!
As of today, they are still saying that most of Springfield will not have power restored until sometime this Saturday.
I am sure that I will be in with that lot, if not later, just because of the huge number of downed trees and branches on my street alone. (I took pictures and will get them posted once we have power again.)
Add to that the fact that the power line that connects my house to the utility pole was knocked down by a falling branch. It looks to be intact so it should just be a simple matter of reconnecting it. And I did call the electric company yesterday to have them note that for when they come down our street.
Fortunately, F's brother "M", who lives about a mile and a half from us got his power back last night, so we are staying with them (Teddy-ji too!). It wasn't the most ideal situation, but, it was a relief to have warmth and light.
Unless things change tomorrow or over the weekend, you may not hear from me again until next week when I'm back at work. Take care and keep those prayers a'coming!
TTFN!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Update on Me
Hello All
I had scheduled the last few day's postings ahead of time as I thought that I would have a busy weekend.
Little did I know...
The massive storm that hit Massachusetts Saturday evening hit us hard.
Trees and branches took down power lines all over the area and only now three days later are some places getting power. Our street looks like a war zone and we had a nightmarish evening listening to branches from our huge oak trees snapped and crash all around us, some grazing the house with their branches.
I can only attribute Divine Intervention to the fact that our home escaped unharmed except for one large branch that is resting against the house. As far as we can see it caused no damage. We just need to get a saw to cut the larger part of the branch so we can move the branches away from the house.
The last few days we have been going to a nearby shelter to warm up, to gratefully accept some hot food and to charge our cell phones during the day, and then returning home at night to bundle up for bed and be with our dog. (The shelter doesn't accept pets, otherwise we would have moved there lock, stock and doggie dish!). The house has been staying at around 55 degrees Fahrenheit so we put a sweater on Teddyji and he seems to be fine. Plus we have a southern exposure so we have been getting some passive solar heating into the house which has made the house bearable during the daylight hours.
I'm currently writing this from work today as we have emergency generator power due to the nature of our business. Some gas stations in Springfield have power now so I was able to gas up the car to make it in to work. F took his mother to the shelter again today and we learned that his brother in Agawam now has power so we may pack up and camp out over there for the duration.
The authorities are saying right now that we should have power by the weekend.
I'll post any updates on our situation as they come.
So for now take care and say a prayer for all of us over here.
P.S. In the last five months we have had a tornado, an earthquake a hurricane and now a massive snowstorm. What's next?
I had scheduled the last few day's postings ahead of time as I thought that I would have a busy weekend.
Little did I know...
The massive storm that hit Massachusetts Saturday evening hit us hard.
Trees and branches took down power lines all over the area and only now three days later are some places getting power. Our street looks like a war zone and we had a nightmarish evening listening to branches from our huge oak trees snapped and crash all around us, some grazing the house with their branches.
I can only attribute Divine Intervention to the fact that our home escaped unharmed except for one large branch that is resting against the house. As far as we can see it caused no damage. We just need to get a saw to cut the larger part of the branch so we can move the branches away from the house.
The last few days we have been going to a nearby shelter to warm up, to gratefully accept some hot food and to charge our cell phones during the day, and then returning home at night to bundle up for bed and be with our dog. (The shelter doesn't accept pets, otherwise we would have moved there lock, stock and doggie dish!). The house has been staying at around 55 degrees Fahrenheit so we put a sweater on Teddyji and he seems to be fine. Plus we have a southern exposure so we have been getting some passive solar heating into the house which has made the house bearable during the daylight hours.
I'm currently writing this from work today as we have emergency generator power due to the nature of our business. Some gas stations in Springfield have power now so I was able to gas up the car to make it in to work. F took his mother to the shelter again today and we learned that his brother in Agawam now has power so we may pack up and camp out over there for the duration.
The authorities are saying right now that we should have power by the weekend.
I'll post any updates on our situation as they come.
So for now take care and say a prayer for all of us over here.
P.S. In the last five months we have had a tornado, an earthquake a hurricane and now a massive snowstorm. What's next?
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