Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

Disaster Area…Day Three Hundred, Thirty Six

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Apparently President Obama declared us a disaster area. We still have no power and another day of no work. We are trying to make the best of it.

This morning I took the dogs for a long walk and worked at clearing some of the smaller limbs off our trails.  The picture above is our blue and yellow trail which I could not clear.

After our walk Hubby and I headed over to our friend’s house to help her clean up the yard.

We are managing to stay warm by using the blower on our fireplace heater plugged in to an inverter which is attached to a car battery.  The inverter converts the battery power to electrical current.  We get the fireplace good and hot, then tun the blower for a bit.

Because we are sleeping in the living room we are managing to keep the fire going 24/7.

We have a small grill that runs on the small bottles of propane and we manage to have coffee each morning and a hot breakfast and dinner.  Additionally we have a tea kettle that sits on top of the fireplace insert so we have hot water for tea and dishes. 🙂

The dogs are adjusting fairly well; certainly enjoying the long morning walks.

I am a bit concerned about their raw food, so this morning we took a cooler and filled it with snow and the frozen food. We then buried the cooler in the snow.  I’m cautiously optimistic that we can save their food.

Thank you for the prayers and comments, we do appreciate them and know there are others who are not as lucky.

I will try and get some pictures of our make-shift living arrangements.

Stay safe.

No Power No Work…Day Three Hundred, Thirty Five

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We still have no power and work has no power. We spent a better night last night as the snap, crackle and pop of the trees breaking has stopped.

I managed to get through to the power company today and was told five to seven days before power is restored. I explained I have a seventy year old mother with me and they advised me to make other arrangements for her.

I finally convinced her to go to my sister’s house so we packed her up and sent her on her way.

Then I bundled myself up and took the dogs to the park. Some of our trails were blocked but we managed.  It was hard walking but Sampson and Delilah were happy to be out.

After about 15minutes we ran into our walking bud and her dog along with her neighbor’s dog, and they all got some running in until Bruno decided he wanted to go home.

When we got home Hubby had breakfast ready and after breakfast I headed to my sister’s for the hot shower and to do some laundry.

We are doing as well as we can and send our thoughts and hearts out to those who weren’t as blessed as we were. 

If I did it right there should be two pictures in this post. One is of the large tree that rested against our front door, the other is a picture of the trail into our park.

We know you are thinking of us and sending good thoughts are way and that is keeping our hearts warm.

We will respond to comments as soon as we can and we are reading them all.

Stay safe.

No Power…Day Three Hundred, Thirty Four

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We have no power. We got hit with a nor’easter and the snow combined with the leaves still on the trees was not a good combination!

The snow started yesterday around 12:30pm and by 4:30 when we took the dogs to the park, we had a good two to three inches.

We kept the dogs on the field because even then we could hear trees snapping.

Sampson snuck off and when he came running out of the woods he barely missed being hit by a falling branch!

When we got back to the house around 5:00 we had no power. 🙁 We set up camp in the living room in front of the fireplace.  Before going to bed we packed emergency bags and set them by the door. We didn’t get much sleep do to the snap, crackle and pop of falling frees and branches.

About 3:30 am Delilah and I heard a big whoosh and a tree came down on the deck but luckily there was no damage. When we got up this morning a large branch (still attached to the tree) was resting against our front door. It’s a good thing we didn’t need to evacuate during the night. 😉

We spent the day cleaning up the yard and finally ventured out around 5:00 pm. What a sight met our eyes!

There are downed trees and power lines everywhere!  Thank the good Lord it didn’t look like any homes were hit. We hurried home before it got too dark so we could be sure to see any downed wires.

We have the fireplace and a small grill and are managing to keep warm and had two hot meals today.

The dogs are bored senseless but it is still too dangerous to walk them.

Blogging will be tough but I’m in it for the long haul. 😉

We hope you are all safe and warm and look forward to catching up when we have power again. Oh and I will post some storm (not of the 2brown dawgs fame) pictures when I can work on my computer and not on my phone.

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