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by angusmom on 03 February 2009 - 03:02
geez babyeagle! altho i'm not a blonde fan normally, he's got the build i like (and married). wishing you the best of luck should you ever be stranded anywhere!!
YR, at least with snow, you have available ice!! in the heat and humidty, you just have my idea of hell!! that's why, altho i LOVE san antonio and austin, i CANNOT move there for the summers! if i was rich, i'd have a place there for the cooler weather and somewhere else for the heat! and yes we are spoiled! if we can only be ready for the worst, then its okay! spoiled and smart would be a pretty good combo!
YR, at least with snow, you have available ice!! in the heat and humidty, you just have my idea of hell!! that's why, altho i LOVE san antonio and austin, i CANNOT move there for the summers! if i was rich, i'd have a place there for the cooler weather and somewhere else for the heat! and yes we are spoiled! if we can only be ready for the worst, then its okay! spoiled and smart would be a pretty good combo!
by CrysBuck25 on 03 February 2009 - 17:02
Ah, Come on...you don't have to sponge bathe when the snow takes your power out for days...:-) All you have to do is melt lots of snow, heat it on whatever means of cooking you have (a problem if you don't have any) and fill up an old fashioned washtub.
Seriously, when I was little, we spent a year living in a travel trailer off the grid...we washed our clothes in buckets, sponge bathed, etc...at least we had a propane stove to melt snow on, in the winter. Learned that one of the best things to keep on hand for emergencies is Ramen Noodle Soup...Tastes nasty, but there are hundreds of ways to prepare the stuff, with canned meat and vegetables, too:-)
If your powers out due to cold, don't let your food spoil in the fridge. I know dogs pose a threat to food stored in a snowbank, but you can use coolers, trash cans with tight lids, or any type of container you can close tightly. Won't stop a determined dog, but it will stop most of them and keep your food safe...
I agree with those of you about being stuck without power in the hot areas during the summer...couldn't get worse than that, since there's no way to make things colder. In the winter, at least, you can keep perishables fresh.
Lastly, being snowed in with hubby...I don't think I'd mind it, but I'd have some conditions...one, all the bills have to be paid current so no worries about money; two, kids have to behave, or be at grandma's. Nothing gets parents fighting quite like cabin fevered kids; three, plenty of layers to wear when the house gets cold, and plenty of ambition from hubby to get the house "winterized" so pipes and toilets don't freeze, if we can't find a way to heat the house (we've got natural gas for heat, until next year when we get our outside wood furnace hooked into our house)
Crys
Seriously, when I was little, we spent a year living in a travel trailer off the grid...we washed our clothes in buckets, sponge bathed, etc...at least we had a propane stove to melt snow on, in the winter. Learned that one of the best things to keep on hand for emergencies is Ramen Noodle Soup...Tastes nasty, but there are hundreds of ways to prepare the stuff, with canned meat and vegetables, too:-)
If your powers out due to cold, don't let your food spoil in the fridge. I know dogs pose a threat to food stored in a snowbank, but you can use coolers, trash cans with tight lids, or any type of container you can close tightly. Won't stop a determined dog, but it will stop most of them and keep your food safe...
I agree with those of you about being stuck without power in the hot areas during the summer...couldn't get worse than that, since there's no way to make things colder. In the winter, at least, you can keep perishables fresh.
Lastly, being snowed in with hubby...I don't think I'd mind it, but I'd have some conditions...one, all the bills have to be paid current so no worries about money; two, kids have to behave, or be at grandma's. Nothing gets parents fighting quite like cabin fevered kids; three, plenty of layers to wear when the house gets cold, and plenty of ambition from hubby to get the house "winterized" so pipes and toilets don't freeze, if we can't find a way to heat the house (we've got natural gas for heat, until next year when we get our outside wood furnace hooked into our house)
Crys
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