Nevertheless, I did my shopping early (hoping to beat the snow's-coming-in-five-minutes-and-I'm-suddenly-addicted-to-bread-and-milk crowd) and decided I was ready.
That is, until I went to work on Monday and saw the weather reports change to "hazardous outlook" and "winter storm warning." Perhaps I needed to step up my storm prep.
The news station will tell you to stock up on bread, milk, flashlights, candles, battery operated radios, and kerosene. Clearly they've never lived in Bekahland. Here's how I prep for a storm.
1. Stock up on charcoal and lighter fluid...and move the mini grill out of snow's way. My theory? I can grill burgers (main dish), slice up some potatoes to butter and grill (side dish), roast a marshmallow for a s'more (dessert), and heat up a kettle of water to make hot chocolate (snack/heating device). Beats the snot out of PBJ and milk, doesn't it?
2. Move the snow shovel and ice melting device of your choice to the door and park it. Not attractive decor, to be sure, but it's better than bundling up to go out into the snow to retrieve it to move said snow.
3. Who needs water!?! What am I if not a caffeine addict? (I first typed "coffeine" - that might be true!) Not one, but two pitchers of iced tea on reserve...and a whole pot of coffee prepared ahead for iced coffee if needed. I could live without water for a day but take away my caffeine...
4. Empty the laundry bags. It's important to catch up on the laundry before a potential power outage...not so much because of the whole clean underwear thing...as much as a fresh supply of fleece to wear! You won't notice a cold house nearly as much when layered in multiple pairs of fuzzy socks, fleece shirts, flannel jammie pants, and your bathrobe over all of it. Just hope that Stacy and Clinton don't show up at your house!
5. Snacks, baby! Of course the perfect snow day includes a yummy breakfast of pancakes and eggs...but if the power's out, it just seems wrong to resort to cold cereal. And you just never know when you might need a pick-me-up between meals. So it's always safe to have some fresh bread on hand. Say, for instance, pumpkin spice.
6. Did I mention the FLEECE? If the fleece shirt and fleece bathrobe are not enough - get in the fleece SHEETS to keep warm! Add a down comforter (and perhaps a few more fleece blankets on top) and surely that will work! And of course - the responsible adult kicks in and charges the cell phone whenever not in use...
7. And finally...get ready for work a day early. All these preparations, of course, are made with the cautious hope that I'll get a day off work. But there is always a much bigger chance that I would have to report for duty - with or without electricity at home to allow for getting ready. So...I get ready the night before! Straighten my hair and (sorry about the semi-naked face...it's a scary look, I know) with THAT, I am ready to bring on the storm! 
8 comments:
That final picture looks as though you took it with your HANDS and not the trépied. (shakes head...)
You are correct. The trepied was not in the same room and I was too lazy (by 12:30 in the morning) to go find it just for one picture. But oh sister...you wait til tomorrow. That sucker got a WORKOUT.
Okay, fleece sheets would ONLY work here in the case of a power outage. If I had to sleep between fleece on a normal night, I would most certainly spontaneously combust!
Glad you didn't lose power though. We didn't have to worry about ice...just piles and piles (that may never melt) of snow. The pile at the end of my driveway is taller than I am.
Christina - NEVER AGAIN do i want to have to shovel the kind of snow I shoveled yesterday. I would rather shovel the AMOUNT of snow you got than shovel the KIND I got. I had to salt the SNOW so it would soften enough to be CHOPPED by my shovel so I could, in turn, shovel it. It took me four rounds of shoveling just to get the walk done. I gave up after that and called a plow for the drive.
And for the record - the fact that I (hot flash queen of the world) can sleep in fleece sheets tells you how cold my house is. :)
You are just too funny, Chewie! I will have to admit that you are creative in your preparations, though. Especially the grill! My kind of friend you are indeed!
We were thinking about to renting out ice skates to make some money while the "rink" in our yard stays solid. The -0 temperatures changed our minds.
OOOH ice skates! If I'd had some, I could have done that on top of my snow! I could walk on top of it without sinking down in, which is just WRONG.
I can almost totally relate. This morning it was FREEZING!!! It was 42 degrees when I left for work. Can you believe it?!?!?! I had to wipe the dew off the passenger window so I could see who was next to me if I needed to change lanes. Living here is TOUGH!
Oh Skyepuppy.....it's a good thing we have a handful of states between us..... ;) just kiddin.
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