Saturday, March 18, 2006
Early Morning Fun
I got my first laugh of the day bright and early. When I turned the washing machine on, nothing happened, and it finally dawned on me that the electricity was off. Can't cook my regular oatmeal, I said to myself, so will just have a smoothie. Got all the ingredients in the blender before realizing electricity was also required for that. Teehee. Fixed a bowl of cereal, sat down to read Power for Today, hit the light switch. Nothing. Finished the cereal and thought, oh well, I'll just write about my St. Patrick's Day adventure for my blog. Duh!
I had used the last of the laundry soap in the load that refused to wash, so figured I might as well go to the little grocery store 5 miles away. Had to open the garage door by hand. Tough job! At the store, there are only two employees and the owner, but today the checker didn't show up and the owner had no knowledge of how to work the machines. He located a calculator and prepared to check out groceries the old fashioned way. Then arrived a teenage boy who had worked there awhile last summer, punched a few buttons and got things running. How dependent we are on our modern conveniences! Charlie, the owner, said they are on a different water system there, which is powered by electricity, so when their electricity goes off, so does the water. I try to think of something new every day to be thankful for, so today it's Sandia Knolls water. But I keep two barrels of extra water, just in case, thanks to Molly.
The electrity had been restored by the time I got home, so maybe tomorrow I'll write about yesterday's adventure. Back to the laundry.
Always looking forward,
The Merry Widow
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
I had used the last of the laundry soap in the load that refused to wash, so figured I might as well go to the little grocery store 5 miles away. Had to open the garage door by hand. Tough job! At the store, there are only two employees and the owner, but today the checker didn't show up and the owner had no knowledge of how to work the machines. He located a calculator and prepared to check out groceries the old fashioned way. Then arrived a teenage boy who had worked there awhile last summer, punched a few buttons and got things running. How dependent we are on our modern conveniences! Charlie, the owner, said they are on a different water system there, which is powered by electricity, so when their electricity goes off, so does the water. I try to think of something new every day to be thankful for, so today it's Sandia Knolls water. But I keep two barrels of extra water, just in case, thanks to Molly.
The electrity had been restored by the time I got home, so maybe tomorrow I'll write about yesterday's adventure. Back to the laundry.
Always looking forward,
The Merry Widow
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
