I'm not complaining, Addie. Just making an observation and I know only too well that our countrymen/women on our eastern coast are and have been experiencing far more challenges with this winter's weather. I have family in the Boston and Martha's Vineyard areas and, so far, they've been doing okay. I also have children in the Washington, DC region and they, too, are faring well.
I'm not a stranger to adverse and cold winter conditions. For many years I lived in far northern Minnesota near the Canadian border and learned how to manage in bitter cold.
Thankfully, here, we learned many good and hard lessons from our tragic ice storm of January 2009 and have applied them to our current situation. Glenn is also a fantastic thinker and is about the best I've ever encountered at being prepared for emergencies...of most any kind.
Unlike many I've heard from and read about, I don't get cabin fever. I truly love being in my "nest" and am never at a loss for something to keep me occupied. It will be two weeks soon since I've been out and I could care less, but that's just me.
Because we're always reasonably well-stocked with most every necessity, we really have no need to go to the store and are continuously amazed at the wild rush to get to the market before a storm hits. Thankfully, having a large family taught me resourcefulness and the value of having a full larder.
As a result of my, um, "confinement" I've enjoyed reading some books I'd set aside for someday, along with playing in the kitchen, which is a task Glenn never discourages. Wonder why that is?!
I'm not a stranger to adverse and cold winter conditions. For many years I lived in far northern Minnesota near the Canadian border and learned how to manage in bitter cold.
Thankfully, here, we learned many good and hard lessons from our tragic ice storm of January 2009 and have applied them to our current situation. Glenn is also a fantastic thinker and is about the best I've ever encountered at being prepared for emergencies...of most any kind.
Unlike many I've heard from and read about, I don't get cabin fever. I truly love being in my "nest" and am never at a loss for something to keep me occupied. It will be two weeks soon since I've been out and I could care less, but that's just me.
Because we're always reasonably well-stocked with most every necessity, we really have no need to go to the store and are continuously amazed at the wild rush to get to the market before a storm hits. Thankfully, having a large family taught me resourcefulness and the value of having a full larder.
As a result of my, um, "confinement" I've enjoyed reading some books I'd set aside for someday, along with playing in the kitchen, which is a task Glenn never discourages. Wonder why that is?!
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