So...whats for dinner?

I'm ready.  Heating is no problem cuz the gas wood stove works without electricity.  I will put my Coleman stove in the mudroom if I have to cook anything.  Toilet is gravity flushed so don't need buckets of water.  Got all my hurricane lamps out cleaned and filled, flashlights are ready as is my little tea lights, put things away outside that may blow away, should I bring in my wind chimes too?

We just booked a hotel room for two nights...just in case!  Easy to cancel, but not easy to get a room if it ends up being really bad.  The problem was where to book, so we decided on Nashua, about 30 minutes from here.  Of course, they may not have power, either.  Hopefully that area of Nashua will be more stable than our area.  And the hotel may have a generator - it's a conference center.

Auntienance - How were your pork chops and those naughty drunken apples? My pork loin is on baking. Usually do a sage/garlic powder rub. Opted easy way out and sprinkled with KC Masterpiece BBQ seasoning - does say "great for Pork!"  Have covered with foil to cook slowly.

Deb- Haha on the wind chimes! I forgot to bring my wind chimes in once and there were bits and pieces everywhere and the glass ones were shattered.

Laurie- Thats what scares me the most is the trees during a wind storm too. Yikes!! Good thing you have a generator plus didn't you just buy a wood stove?

Michelle- Thats smart thinking getting a room ahead of time, they will probably be hard to get once the storm starts..

Susan- If the weather is too terrible I hope you cancel on the client. I would be leary of driving in a bad storm.

Dh is getting on my nerves, all i hear on his tv is loud screatching of tires, women screaming, and machine guns going off Im fit to be tied. I walk in the kitchen and he comes over to me and hugs me and says are you mad at me.. Im thinking in my head..Freaking yes im mad, im pissed at the world im angry at everyone including you but instead I smile and say, no why would you think that and give him a kiss and a hug and walk off. LOL! No need to let him know im upset it will just make me feel worse and him too. I just needed to vent!

Everyone is in my prayers I hope you will all be safe and if you have to venture out in the weather drive careful.

Luv they were excellent, but they must have been New England apples because they weren't very drunken lol.



Please everyone, be safe!

Debbie, vent on dear, you are dealing with a lot!! ((((HUGS))))



Kay and everyone else in mid atlantic and on the coast, be safe!



Deb, you would be good for providing storm prep lessons for those of us who have been a bit negligent. DH and I just finally got our lights lined up. In the past we have been lucky enough to keep our gas heat, hot water, etc, on after " the lights went out", so we are banking on that.....



Hope everyone is able to get through Sandy unscathed!

I brought in all my halloween decorations.  Even the flags.

I am a curmudgeon. Nary a decoration to bring inside. However, some of my neighbors must be wildly nervous. The guy on the corner has 16 blowup thingies this year, plus a full house wrap, and a full assortment of statuary. Takes them DAYS to put up.

*susan*

that is me in the middle next to the cowboy on black ( my DH)  costume party to raise money for BC

Well we are as ready as we're going to be here, too! Porch furniture put away (as well as anything else that could become air born). Leaves cleared from the paths to the storm drains. Staple groceries and batteries bought and cars gassed up...



Looks like here in central NY the issue will not be the flooding this time (although that was what was said last big storm and we had a 500 year flood event) but more likely the wind and wide-spread power outages...No generator here so if power goes for any length of time we will have a problem...



To all in the path of this storm.... May we all be safe and come through unscathed!

Thinking of you all in the path of Sandy - stay safe !

Thinking of those in the path of Sandy.  Stay safe and comfortable.  Hurricanes are a big nuisance, in addition to all the danger and expense.

Keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers! And Bedo havn't heard from you in awhile hope you are safe where you live too!

OMG Michelle! I'm just glad that wasn't your neighborhood! The wind and sideways rain is brutal here, and it's still just the beginning....tho nothing like on the coast. Mother Nature clearly feels she has been ignored with all the mild weather served up this summer!



Yikes, MSNBC has a shot of a crane atop a building in mid town Manhattan collapsing with the wind.



I worry about my sister in South Jersey who lives alone with her two dogs in a low lying area. Oy!



Got two different varieties of kale soup going on the stovetop....one with lentils and balsamic, one with cannelini beans italian spices and a sausage I picked up at Traders.

Our Traders expanded into additional space, so I have to learn the store once again...tho it's easier to get down the aisles.:)

Last night made seared scallops we got from the Farmer's Market fish monger (land and sea market served with roasted veggies over wild rice along with fresh arugula salad. Yummy! Last day of our Farmer's Market so will be on the hunt for some good vegetables and fish this winter.



Be safe everyone!

Man would I be irritated if I lost power because someone didn't secure their trampoline! The winds at our house have already hit 60mph. The mayor just called [automated call] and said we are now expecting winds between 80-100 mph late tonight. Already have water coming in via the chimney seams. Long standing problem when we get winds off the ocean with water.

Bread is rising, but slowly. I hope we can eat before 10pm!

*susan*