And 8.5 hours later...

[ksmith]

...electricity returns as darkness falls, meaning that not much useful got done today. Switched out a smoke alarm. Set up the new wireless doorbell, but didn't install it because I wanted to make sure that there were no conflicts with the cordless phone. Got the fireplace going for the first time this season, a necessary thing considering that the temp in my office dropped to 63F. At least we were able to keep the living room comfortable.

After the power returned, I was able to determine that there were no conflicts with the phone. Yea.

Mother Nature did a good job of pushing the leaves into piles against the fence. Maybe tomorrow we'll give the new leaf vacuum/grinder thingie a whirl.

The excitement never stops when you have a house...

Comments

Power Outage

[just-becoz.livejournal.com]

I lost power today for about an hour or so. I wasn't home, so I didn't go through the panic of "oh, no power, what will I do?". (Amazing how I always freak out and go into survival mentality-- where are the candles, were are the matches, what on earth will I eat with no microwave to cook in, etc.---whenever the power goes). It was off long enough that all the clocks need to be reset. But, since I have to reset all for the time change anyway, I have just let them sit and blink 12:00 all afternoon. The only problem I have had so far is that the coffee grinder/brewer reverted to a 10 cup setting, I put in water for 6 cups and well, I had some very potent coffee, to say the least! About the friends thing--I have tried to read about how to do that, but am not very clear on the whole concept. Shouldn't you ask someone if you can add their name to your friends list and vice versa? Suppose I should read some more. I haven't had time to write much in my own journal due to a rather difficult time I had recently. I enjoy reading your journal. I marvel at how you can work full time, take classes, do gardening, house repair, etc, and still manage to write a novel! Sorry if this is too long.

Re: Power Outage

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Hope the difficult time is past. And no, your comment isn't too long. I have seen the comment in other journals that LJ limits comment size, but I haven't run into the issue personally.

I marvel at how you can work full time, take classes, do gardening, house repair, etc, and still manage to write a novel!

Well...we had issues there. The tech writing class pretty effectively derailed work on J5. And the house, frankly, took up way too much time. The work needed to be done, and the house looks 100% better, but that was a couple hours a night that I should have been writing. Maybe now that the weather is getting colder and the outdoor work will be curtailed, I can make a dent in the book.

Re: Power Outage

[just-becoz.livejournal.com]

Yes, the difficult time is over, just the bad memories remain! Thanks! It is easier to get things done inside when a nice, sunny day isn't demanding that you go outdoors and "take the air".

be-friend

[leemc85615.livejournal.com]

Noticed in a previous post that someone un-friended you and thought you could use a replacement. I am a fan in southern AZ and have felt guilty about "lurking" so I got my own LJ and am offering to share a thought or two. Finished whats available of the Jani series a while ago and am now finishing up Orson Scott Cards "Ender" series.
I am fast running out of reading material since I unplugged satellite TV. Suggestions anyone? I like hard SF especially with good character devlopement.

Re: be-friend

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Have you read any Elizabeth Moon or Lois Bujold?

Is that a DUCK planter?

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

You think you can guess some things about a person....

You seem to be surviving the descent of winter well.

I vote we both get a lot of writing done in the winter months!

Other SF with hard and/or cultural overtones:

CJ Cherryh
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Katharine E. Kimbriel

Re: Is that a DUCK planter?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's a fish. Although it does look a bit ducky at that angle.

BTW, nabbed a fun website from SFFNET--www.mcphee.com. The rubber duckies especially.

Yes, much writing needs to be done this winter. I don't think my company has had a Snow Day since 1967, but here's hoping for a couple.

Re: Is that a DUCK planter?

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

It also looks fishy....

Yes, much writing needs to be done this winter. I don't think my company has had a Snow Day since 1967, but here's hoping for a couple.

Ah, snow days....fireplace roaring, hot cider, reading and/or writing....

Down here it's either a tornado (hiding in tiny front closet with cats...) or flooding (a major creek rose and covered an important road last time we had this surprise--two Novembers ago...) The hurricanes don't bother us, except for occasional extra rain.