Fiat lux, and maybe some heating too???
Nov. 11th, 2022 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thelaughingmuseFriday the 4th, my power went out. Same for most of the county, in fact. My power was out for four days and change, and only returned just as we were having our first hard frost of the year. (I could see my breath while inside my house. It was not a thing I expected to be able to do, and not really something I'm eager to repeat.)
So now my shopping list includes:
* a pleated blind for that huge-ass window above the foyer. Fucking thing just lets all the heat go bye-bye right through the dual-paned glass, which is better than single-paned, but DAYUM. I'll have to get help measuring and installing it, because it's too high for me to safely reach unless I build scaffolding.
* a generator. Not sure if I'm going to get a large portable one, or a whole-home generator hooked into the gas line. I'll still have no internet or phone reception when the power goes down, but I won't freeze and won't lose everything in the refrigerator. I'll also have light! (This is another reason to own your media instead of buying digital copies stored on other peoples' computers/in the cloud. Even if your power is out, if you have a flashlight and/or some battery life on your device, you can read/watch your books/music/movies.)
I did decamp to a hotel about 20 miles away for one night, and spent a few more days in the business center when my home internet didn't come on with the power. I put on more layers, bundled up like a babushka, and welcomed the cats when I went to sleep. They were probably as happy to have me there as I was to have them there. The thought bubbles all read: "Ooooo, a friendly heat source!!"
So now my shopping list includes:
* a pleated blind for that huge-ass window above the foyer. Fucking thing just lets all the heat go bye-bye right through the dual-paned glass, which is better than single-paned, but DAYUM. I'll have to get help measuring and installing it, because it's too high for me to safely reach unless I build scaffolding.
* a generator. Not sure if I'm going to get a large portable one, or a whole-home generator hooked into the gas line. I'll still have no internet or phone reception when the power goes down, but I won't freeze and won't lose everything in the refrigerator. I'll also have light! (This is another reason to own your media instead of buying digital copies stored on other peoples' computers/in the cloud. Even if your power is out, if you have a flashlight and/or some battery life on your device, you can read/watch your books/music/movies.)
I did decamp to a hotel about 20 miles away for one night, and spent a few more days in the business center when my home internet didn't come on with the power. I put on more layers, bundled up like a babushka, and welcomed the cats when I went to sleep. They were probably as happy to have me there as I was to have them there. The thought bubbles all read: "Ooooo, a friendly heat source!!"
