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

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".