Things To Do In An Oklahoma Ice Storm

Things to do in an Okla. Ice Storm

Dec 12, '07 1:52 PM for everyone

Listen to the radio until the batteries run out

Run from room to room trying to stay warm

Sing songs to jump around to when the batteries run out

Have your significant other ask you not to hum for the second time in your life

Throw the ipod he got you across the room

Think about why he would get you an ipod as a gift if he didn't want you to hum?

Think about forensics and wonder how frozen the ground really is if you wanted to get rid of someone who couldn't find their happy place

Find your happy place again

Go out and look for batteries

Go out to see who has power 

Think about how irritating the neighbors generator sounds when at first you thought it sounded soothing

Wish you were watching reruns

Go to bed at dark thirty--night paw-john boy

Get up at light thirty-mornin paw-john boy

Count how much underwear you have left

Lay under lots of covers and stare at the ceiling

Think of all the things you wil be able to do when the power comes back on

Think warm

Work a 1000 piece puzzle by a book light

Read by a book light

Wash your face by a book light

Take a shower by a book light

You know those book lights last a long time.

See how many clothes you can get on and still move

See how fast you can get them off and into bed

Charge charge charge you puter even to the point of not being able to get your car started

Take pictures of ice

Try to figure out how long that meat will still be good to eat

Eat a lot of cheese

Look for berries

Eat pickles

Go buy junkfood because the convenience store has a backup generator

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Delete Reply fgviva wrote on Dec 13, '07 and find someone warm to cuddle with.......................:}

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 13, '07 LOL

Delete Reply olygirl wrote on Dec 13, '07 I would say cuddle too, but then I remembered MrP is probably either in the freezer or Slim's doghouse. Car shmar....who needs a stankin' car anyway....keep that puter runnin! Find a bottle of brandy....that should take care of the cold, and the rest of the day as well.

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 13, '07 I finished the wine off and had a beer yesterday. Trying to clean out the old fridge you know. lol

Delete Reply olygirl wrote on Dec 13, '07 That's my girl! Stay on that house-cleaning.....Don't forget the Peppermint Schnapps you hid last Christmas in the ornament box.....I so respect your dedication to a spit-spot house....kinda like Mary Poppins. Love ya John Boy!

Delete Reply bonobubba wrote on Dec 13, '07 Got any bourbon ? At least if you do, after awhile you won't care if it's cold.. or if you have lights.. or much of anything else.. till you wake up the next day.. hope you got some Tylenol left !

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 13, '07 Yes, as a matter of fact I do for those who drink it bubba. I guess there would be a memory problem related to that. lol

Delete Reply ruralredhead wrote on Dec 13, '07 Do you have any books you've been meaning to read? (You mentioned doing everything but that by booklight, lol) Maybe that would help a couple of hours go by? I really wish I could magically whisk you from your state to mine and we'd thumb our noses at that damn cold weather, grrr. *hugs* Love ya, Suz.

Delete Reply j5uliana wrote on Dec 13, '07 I love all those comments! we can do pretty much the same except we cannot shower --- electric water heater. I think I need to do some quality assurance tests on my wine. would hate for it to go bad!

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 13, '07, edited on Dec 13, '07 Yep, Steph, even read by it. LOL at quality assurance.

Delete Reply 360slim wrote on Dec 13, '07 LMAO......count underwear.

Delete Reply lynnhr wrote on Dec 13, '07 These are great .... "I" especially like the "take pictures of ice" one. I'm loving all these ice photos you guys are posting!!

Delete Reply missingbits wrote on Dec 13, '07 you don't get undressed before you get in bed you get in bed and then get undressed only don't throw the clothes too far, leave em by the side of the bed so you can repeat the process in the morning

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 13, '07 Well, ya know Slim, ya gotta prepare LOL, lynn, I never have enough power to see all the others. Missy? you mean just keep putting the same clothes on over and over? lol good idea about getting in and then taking off. I guess you could just keep them on or sleep with them. That way they wouldn't even get cold.

Delete Reply missingbits wrote on Dec 13, '07 well yeah you can grab the clean clothes that you put by the side of the bed the night before and bring them into bed with you to warm them up just needs a bit of pre-planning is all

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 13, '07 LOL, I think you should just write me a list.

Delete Reply missingbits wrote on Dec 13, '07 gee anyone would think I spent 4 and a half years in a cold climate ... that's the first 4 and half years of my life not the rest of it but we did get a lot of power outs in South Australia normally came back on within 24 hours tho

Delete Reply raenie1 wrote on Dec 13, '07 (lol) Gee, I sure hope we won't lose power here! Cause I don't own a book light! It's really great that you can get online though! hugs, ~Raenie

Delete Reply nutinnutshell wrote on Dec 13, '07 Damn girl...sounds as if you've got a plan! Havin some fun, are you!? I know ya make light of it but it surely has to be wearing thin on your nerves... You got me thinkin about our ice storm here, having 2 gals stayin here because ones' power didn't come on for a week and a half...and the others' didn't come back on for over 2 weeks...Mine was back on within a day! Even after that, we still remain friends...goes to show ya what endurance can do, even without the treadmill..lol Reference your food...Have ya got a fridge thermometer...put that in there to see what the temp is...If ya have a good seal and the weather is staying COLD, you'd be surprised at how long before it starts thawing..and only the top ones will as they tend to keep the covered ones COLD...

Delete Reply missingbits wrote on Dec 13, '07 yeah nut is right, the stuff at the bottom if its a chest freezer should stay frozen of course if its an upright the stuff at the back will stay frozen for longer I still say put stuff outside LoL

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 13, '07 Well, missy believe me when I say that I have never seen anything like this. Longest we have gone is two days. The problem with outside is the temp fluctuates so much. It was a little above freezing today. Tomorrow not supposed to get above 28, so even with ice it is changing all the time but we finally thought to get ice. All that ice on the ground made us forgetful of ice. Oh, Raenie. You will love a book light. You would be amazed all the things you can do with them. lol and I will stop there. Pepper, two and three weeks with people you don't know would seem like a lifetime with burping and other bodily noises screaming to escape. lol You did good to stay friends. Yep, it is getting kind of tense at times and the constant cloud cover and dark make it dreary but I am gonna be a trooper no matter what. You guys make me laugh. We have a little thermometer but I didn't think about that. I will have to use it. The big freezer we haven't even opened yet.

Delete Reply bonie2161 wrote on Dec 13, '07 Now That Long List Sounds so FUNNY Red and The Most Importent thing I Always Worrie About it Having enough Undies And a Book Light That Sounds LIke something I would of done In Desprate Measures LOL LOL LOL And I am afraid of the Dark And I am The Biggest Klutz In town And MY Poor Little Tiny Pinky toe gets bang alot,I call it chicken nuggets.. Glad your Keeping yourself a Muse Red!! Thats The best thing you can do and Moving Around, Gee Girl how IN The Hell Are ya Making out there!! did Ya Freeze your Butt of yet,I sure Hope not..Well My Dear Red I am Headed off to bed Really Early That dinner Made Marty and I Really sleepy And I thought Chicken me out And I will Leave MY Pc On Incase you have to contact me Ok!! Please take Care And your Life Experance,Gee I hope I spell That right REd! Goodnight Mi Amgia ( My Friend! LOVE Your Blogs Although And Glad that your doing Ok!

Delete Reply woozina wrote on Dec 13, '07 i should have made a list back in 2002 when KC had their big ice storm. I coulda shared it with you. Yours is hilarious! Lets see what I can add, having gone 18 days without electricity. Buy latex surgical gloves to reduce the risk of leaving fingerprints around the neck of your significant other when he says he can fix it himself. Melting ice and snow from the ground over the opening to the septic tank is not an option for cooking. Cover every window and door with blankets to hold in the steam from running the hot water in the faucets all over the house. Quit wearing underwear all together...just keep count - by 2s - of how many clean socks you have. Keep a hard hat handy for when you do have to go outside while ice is melting off the trees. (I actually had to learn this one the hard way....can we say concussion) As I remember more, I will share them - and hey, a cell phone lights up a hallway pretty good too

Delete Reply woozina wrote on Dec 13, '07 oh and remember that tacky 80s disco velour 'sweat' suit?? Be glad you haven't thrown it out yet. It's no wonder they called them 'sweat' suits.

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 14, '07, edited on Dec 14, '07 LMAO woo, I love these. What a riot. Funny the things you start thinking of after enough days of going without electricity. I was telling Karen that you just wonder how the cavemen did it. But then they didn't know any different. I have a bunch of latex gloves for coloring hair. hmmmm, they would probably keep my hands warm too. A concussion? Realy? wow! No, no disco velour, but you get the same thing with that old polyester. Remember sweating in those on the dance floor? lol That is why I call MrP, MrP-short for Mr Polyester. He was the king of that and cowboy shirts. Ahh, thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

Delete Reply epistling wrote on Dec 15, '07 You take the frakin cake - you have WATER so you can rince out those panties. Is the water HOT? How are you getting HOT water without electricity? I bet you even have long undies someplace that don't smell too much like mildew. Can you flush? Damn - back in '98 ( that sounds like I went throught the Donner Pass) when we lost power for 8 days and 7 nights.. no water to flush!.. IMAGINE THAT!

Delete Reply truemaskedwabbit wrote on Dec 15, '07 Haha been there done that rofl. And oh yea boil batteries to give them a second life lol

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 15, '07 Oh, shadup barb, yes we had water. Had enough undies. Hot water lit by gas. Woo hoo, only thing we have that was gas. Really wabbit? I didn't know you could do that. Getting more coffee and pondering the battery dilema.

Delete Reply karinlynn68 wrote on Dec 17, '07 What a great list!! My personal fave: "Go buy junkfood because the convenience store has a backup generator" wOOt!!! Go junk food. So you charged your computer with your car battery?!? I think I am missing something here... Either you have a good 'puter battery, or you really weren't here (Multiply) as much as I thought, LOL. Well, as I said on the other blog -- makes for good stories later: "Remember the ice storm of 2007?" Hope all is well soon & that no more storms will hit again soon. Hugs to you -- K

Delete Reply whoadamit wrote on Dec 20, '07 Now why is it that whatever batteries they use in those book lights can't be used in other things like Ipods and radios? Everything should last as long as a book light! So you had gas - thank goodness you got power back before you and MrP had to resort to farting under the blakets to keep each other warm! lol

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 20, '07 LMAO Rhain, he does that all the time anyway. I know about the batteries. They don't last worth a flip any more. But I carried that booklight around a week and a half. With that and my new head gear I did pretty good.

Delete Reply whoadamit wrote on Dec 20, '07 You did SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good Red! I would have been going to work and my Grandma's house to post whiney-ass blogs about not having power at home. ROFL I'm proud of you

Delete Reply hyiidra wrote on Dec 21, '07 roflmaoooooooooo I told you you wouldn't be able to start your damn car!!!! roflmaoooooooooooooooooo.

Edit Delete Reply osuzana wrote on Dec 21, '07 Grandma didn't have any power either Rhain. No one in my family did. My mom didn't get hers on until day before yesterday and my sister still doesn't. I said almost blondii. I am not nearly as dumb as I look in the headlight. lol