PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Update on Sandy in Brooklyn and My Daughter

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Update on Sandy in Brooklyn and My Daughter

I heard Brooklyn was dark, but my daughter never lost her electricity. She lost Internet, home phone, and TV when a tree fell on the lines. She can still use her cell phone. About three months ago I got 200 minutes of texting plan each month for $5, I just texted her since she wanted to save her cell battery in case she lost electricity. She only has a car charger and did not want to have to leave the house.

She had NO flooding! I am amazed.

The fire that burned 100 homes now leaves me with a new fear--overburdened fire department that might not respond in time in her neighborhood. You know how it is to be a mother.

I hope the people you all worried about being hurt or affected by Sandy fared as well as my daughter.

The post about Lucy and Ethel has been eaten by Blogger three times! I have to start over.

Your turn
How did you, your family and friends fare during Sandy? Got snow?

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WendyOctober 31, 2012 at 5:37 AM
So glad to hear they made it through alright! Fingers crossed that their luck continues!

Some of the snow pictures I've seen are pretty unbelievable. The rain washed our snow away, so looking at these southern folks buried seems so odd. We'll catch up soon enough though, I'm sure.
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JanetOctober 31, 2012 at 1:37 PM
That is great news about your daughter
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LindaOctober 31, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Wendy,
I have seen my daugter in NYC with clear streets and balmy weather while I sat with snow on ground and ice on branches, and it does seem so, so wrong. I cannot believe that it is 60 right now and so much snow just north of here in Tennessee. I feel lucky.

Her electricity is on now, but I have lost electricity while electricity was being restored to other places that lost it. I just hope it all continues so lucky.

That 60 is a cold 60 here!

Janet,
Yes, great news!
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LorieOctober 31, 2012 at 3:47 PM
So happy your family is alright! My parents are without power but have a generator so no big deal. Their basement got some water but not much damage. My sister's family is without water - something about flooding and her well pump. I am thankful that all my family is safe and still have our homes. So many have lost everything. Thanks for the update. I've been thinking about you and yours.
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Sue FrelickOctober 31, 2012 at 6:29 PM
I'm happy to hear that you daughter fared so well and is safe.
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Okay, hoping the annoyances have gone away.

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Fancy is my favorite hen. She is one of the three youngest hens I adopted. Because she is so gentle and friendly, she may be the one I rescued when she was being pecked to death after she could no longer stand. She got to live in the house in a box. Sometimes, I let her sit in my lap while she was convalescing. Now, she comes to sit in the swing with me, cuddling up to my body like a cat or dog. She died in February 2012.

Fancy follows me begging, complaining, needing me to do for her. She talks to me in various voices. She allows me to pick her up and carry her. When she became an adult, her head was a darker red and her body was light brown. Around her neck were tips of black feathers. It appeared she had a necklace of jet around her neck. When I showed this characteristic to a friend, he said, "Oh, you have fancy chickens and plain chickens."

Chessie has a broken toe. I broke it! She had a habit of jumping really high and almost sticking. A raccoon ate her in October 2009.

Thelma is the blonde. She is also the largest hen and the alpha hen. I suspect the gigantic eggs are from her. She often squats and presents herself to me. She is top hen, but I suspect she knows she had better be deferent to top feeder of the flock--me.

Louise is the auburn-feathered hen. She looks like the true Rhode Island Reds in pictures. She is almost as large as Thelma. Some days I suspect she is trying to be top chicken. When I got Pepper, I found out Louise is the Alpha hen.

Pepper came here from the same home as the first four. We were discussing putting red pepper on their food, wondering if it really would increase egg production. Pepper is the only name we agreed on. She is terrorized each day by Louise. Even after the worst was over, she was and is still filled with terror and very wary.

Linda is owned by four hens. They allow her to fetch for them. She loves them dearly, so she allows them to boss her around. Linda comes out in the rain to perform chores for them and make sure they have food and water. She begs scraps from all sorts of places to make sure they have fresh fruits and vegetables.

Parsimony is not a vegetable

Parsimony is extreme care in spending money. Stick around and learn about my random thoughts on accomplishing goals economically--dumpster diving aka safari, gleaning, do-it-yourself, sewing tips, recipes, and whatever is happening in my life.

Okay so maybe "parsimony" is not your thing. How about thrift, frugality or just plain saving money? I try not to go the tightwad route as that seems to imply others will suffer from my habits.

Some of my not-spending habits have very much been a part of my lifelong habits. Other habits are newly acquired and are an extension of my lifelong not-spending habits.

I am very imaginative when it comes to substituting or making instead of buying. I will tell you about making a heater for the chickens' water. Not one dime was spent since I had everything I needed right in my basement.

Practicality must rear its head alongside parsimony. For example, I will use the dryer in bad weather or because of allergies in the spring. But, I will not wash clothes in a tub as long as I have a washing machine or can find one.

You may hear more about my four Rhode Island Red hens than you care to hear. They lay delicious brown eggs.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Update on Sandy in Brooklyn and My Daughter

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