Wednesday, December 19, 2018

We were warned yesterday that our power would be off between 9:30 AM and 2:30 PM; they needed to fix something that was damaged in one of the many previous storms we’ve had in the last week and before the next one hits tomorrow. They needed to use a helicopter for the repair work and were afraid if it wasn’t fixed today the next storm could do more damage.

I didn’t think it would be hard to fill in a day without electronics or electricity. It proved to be a bit of a challenge to work without lights though. I had a meeting at the Hall at nine so that was done before we lost power; my meeting at ten was cancelled so that gave me a little longer at home.

My thought was that I would do some tidying in my sewing room. While I was at that I thought I should make a list of all my UFO’s. But because those containers (boxes, bags, bins) are in the darkest corner of the room I decided there wasn’t enough light to do the job. In my moment of general tidying I came across a pattern I was going to use for a tag or ornament. Since I had all the right colours from my previous ornament-making, I spent the morning on the futon and whipped up an ornament that will go to the folks we are spending Christmas Eve with.

I made a note to myself that my filing cabinets needed to be cleaned out so started on my Cranberry Hall files. I got no further than to have things put in piles, by year. I have eight rather large piles and I still have one drawer of that particular filing cabinet to go through. Papers are scattered all over and it will be impossible for me to get anything else done until they are put away so I guess that’s what I’ll be doing for the rest of the day.