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Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

RE: Salmagundi Saturday

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

You people without heat scare me.

flan

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

flan327 wrote:
You people without heat scare me.

flan

We are supposed to get down to 0 tonight. We dont have any outlets that work, but our overhead lighting works. To be honest, I am more concerned about my freezer full of food. If it gets too chilly here, we will drive up to MSP and get a hotel room. All the rooms in town are booked because it's Family Weekend. Sigh.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Mellow Momma wrote:
flan327 wrote:
You people without heat scare me.

flan
We are supposed to get down to 0 tonight. We dont have any outlets that work, but our overhead lighting works. To be honest, I am more concerned about my freezer full of food. If it gets too chilly here, we will drive up to MSP and get a hotel room. All the rooms in town are booked because it's Family Weekend. Sigh.

Put your food outside or in the garage. that sucks for you. How can only some of your electricity work?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Yeah, put your food outside.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
flan327 wrote:
You people without heat scare me.

flan
We are supposed to get down to 0 tonight. We dont have any outlets that work, but our overhead lighting works. To be honest, I am more concerned about my freezer full of food. If it gets too chilly here, we will drive up to MSP and get a hotel room. All the rooms in town are booked because it's Family Weekend. Sigh.
Put your food outside or in the garage. that sucks for you. How can only some of your electricity work?

Apparently the building we live in is on a back up generator. Only limited power from the generator. We have 6 families in this building so they will have to sort something out. Although last year we went without hot water for 10 days before they got it fixed.

I think putting the freezer stuff outside is a great idea - but we have no garage and there is a large wooded area that butts up to the property we live on It would probably attract some critters. But since the TV is out, we could use the entertainment.

I was planning on catching up my laundry tonight. Not happening now.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Conversation that just went down in my kitchen...

DH: What are you making?
Me: Cookies
DH: Can I lick the beaters?
Me: Sure.
DH: WHY ARE YOU PUTTING CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN THERE?
Me: Because I'm making chocolate chip cookies.
DH: You know I hate chocolate chip cookies.
Me: Okay, so is that why you sit there with the whole plate and a glass of milk every time I make them?
DH: Fine. This time I'm not eating a single cookie on principle.
Me: rolls eyes

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Mellow Momma wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
flan327 wrote:
You people without heat scare me.

flan
We are supposed to get down to 0 tonight. We dont have any outlets that work, but our overhead lighting works. To be honest, I am more concerned about my freezer full of food. If it gets too chilly here, we will drive up to MSP and get a hotel room. All the rooms in town are booked because it's Family Weekend. Sigh.
Put your food outside or in the garage. that sucks for you. How can only some of your electricity work?
Apparently the building we live in is on a back up generator. Only limited power from the generator. We have 6 families in this building so they will have to sort something out. Although last year we went without hot water for 10 days before they got it fixed.
I think putting the freezer stuff outside is a great idea - but we have no garage and there is a large wooded area that butts up to the property we live on It would probably attract some critters. But since the TV is out, we could use the entertainment.
I was planning on catching up my laundry tonight. Not happening now.

You freezer stuff should be fine if you leave it shut and don't open it.

Over night at least.

Do you have coolers? Put the fridge stuff in coolers outside.

Do you have snow? Pile it in the bathtub and put things in there.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Electric is back on!! We will have heat for our 0degree night tonight! Woohooo!! And the perishables will be ok.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Good glad to hear it.

I was thinking this wasn't a great time for this with everything going on for you guys this weekend.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Good glad to hear it.

I was thinking this wasn't a great time for this with everything going on for you guys this weekend.

You have got that right Lily! Sometimes we host parents at our house. I am glad we didn't this time!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Mellow Momma wrote:
Electric is back on!! We will have heat for our 0degree night tonight! Woohooo!! And the perishables will be ok.

What a relief! do you have electric heat? Or is the heat just controlled by electric?

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Electric is back on!! We will have heat for our 0degree night tonight! Woohooo!! And the perishables will be ok.
What a relief! do you have electric heat? Or is the heat just controlled by electric?

Honestly I have no idea. I think it is just powered by an electric fan if that makes sense. There is a boiler room where all the fun goes down. The building we live in is an old school building converted into 6 apartments. It's hard to visualize - but we each have separate entrances and all of our heating/cooling is controlled in a central area.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I made five dozen cookies, a loaf of bread, and did six loads of laundry. I'm waiting on the sheets to finish drying. I'm tired. I should have done them first. Poor planning.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I made five dozen cookies, a loaf of bread, and did six loads of laundry. I'm waiting on the sheets to finish drying. I'm tired. I should have done them first. Poor planning.

Oh no!!! But there is nothing like going to bed on sheets fresh out of the dryer.

tlc · Regular

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I made five dozen cookies, a loaf of bread, and did six loads of laundry. I'm waiting on the sheets to finish drying. I'm tired. I should have done them first. Poor planning.

I tend to do that too and then I'm usually tired and don't want to put the sheets back on. If I would just think to do it early in the day it wouldn't be so bad.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

The whole process has been slowed down because I had to wash the top sheet that the dog lays on and her bath towels in Dreft. Her stuff gets washed separately. She's still totally losing hair. We're going to take her to a special vet soon.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Does she still have a rash? Losing hair is typically diet - omega 3. But the rash is the real problem.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

She's regrowing hair on her stomach. It's filling in. But the rash will get better and then worse. It goes in cycles. We have her on a special high protein, grain free, gluten free diet. It's $60 for a 30 pound bag. So the good stuff. However, she's now losing hair all over her face. Her nose, her chin, her eyes. We've tried everything. There's a vet from A&M who is supposed to be really good. He's an hour away. We just filed our taxes and our waiting for our return. Then we're going to take her in.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Poor baby. I hope they get can figure something out. What a pain for the dog and for you!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

We have literally dumped probably a hundred grand into this dog! We have every bath product known to dog and man. We have treated her with and for everything. I know she's miserable and that's what bothers me. She scratches mercilessly. I know she itches. If she weren't bothered by any of this I'd be less likely to be concerned.