The area has been pounded by 3 storms. The first one hit Thursday evening - which wasn't so bad. But the one that came through early Friday morning was one heck of a storm - the wind was so strong! I didn't sleep much because of all the noise and at one point I was wondering if the house would get blown a part. There were power outages all around and the power here went at around 7am.
For those who don't park their cars in their garage or don't have automatic door openers, you have not had the pleasure of trying to get the garage door open without power with a system designed to work with power. Not fun! And for the veritcally challenged, it is even more so of a problem. Also, wood garage doors suck! With the rain getting blown the way it was, the garage door got a good soaking and is weathering/swelling - which makes it want to stick in the tracks. So you can just imagine the challenge of getting that open.
The power came on about 1am, making it for a long and cold day indoors. The house phone line died for some reason (I have an old fashioned corded phone just for this reason). Few people realize that their phone is supposed to work without power but with all the technology added in, the souped up ones do not, but a basic one will. Course now that also depends on what type of phone service you have. Course as mr. murphy would have it, the cell phone was low as well and eventually died. The propane lantern purchased years back for just this scenario came in very handy and was very bright - no heat though. It got so cold, i could see my breathe. The fire was going for a while but eventually all the wood logs that could be burned were used up....
Why is it that we must have all this weather with the rain, can't it just rain - a peaceful, quite rain? The kind of rain where you can use your umbrella without having to worry about it flipping over or getting caught in the wind. The kind of rain that falls vertically. It exists, I have seen it.
But enough about the rain. The horizon is clear right now and the sun is poking through the clouds.
Started the exercise program again. 30 mins on the treadmill.
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Ah yes, those garage doors. I've had to manually open/close that one at the old house. I totally understand. I could jump up to reach the lever to unlock, but lifting the thing was a herculean task. And I couldn't reach the bottom handle to pull the thing down/closed, so we had a heavy rope dangling from it for this purpose.
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