Okay, so, what's this all about? Maybe you did or didn't notice that I was completely absent this past Friday...........we woke up to a valley encased in ice.......and this ice was so thick that the very weight of it downed power lines around our neighborhood, not to mention our front yard! We were virtually trapped since the power lines were laying across our driveway, as well as across the left and right sides of our road once you pull out of the driveway, and with the added branches scattering the road, it looked like a battlefield! We called as early as 7:30 in the morning but didn't see signs of relief until almost 11:00 at night.........on a normal day when you get to stay home due to certain extenuating circumstances you have constant stimulation from all sorts of things that require electricity. I was earnestly lost without my normal sources of entertainment!
It occurred to me while lighting copious amounts of candles later that evening that there was a time when people did do without the luxury of electricity, and in some places still do. Electricity, as a luxury, what a concept, eh? I know that this instance of us having to do without for an entire day was something that was forced upon us, but it definitely opened my eyes. It opened my eyes to how dependent I have become upon these luxuries, and how depriving yourself can allow us to place our focus on other things. I spend a lot of time on the computer, if you ask the right person, they'd declare too much of my time probably. I suppose that I've always been the type to test myself, to see what I am capable of doing or not doing, although this would not normally be a test I would place upon myself. When is the last time you did without the luxury of electricity?
Do you think that you could endure such a challenge imposed on yourself?!
~Take the Challenge~
It occurred to me while lighting copious amounts of candles later that evening that there was a time when people did do without the luxury of electricity, and in some places still do. Electricity, as a luxury, what a concept, eh? I know that this instance of us having to do without for an entire day was something that was forced upon us, but it definitely opened my eyes. It opened my eyes to how dependent I have become upon these luxuries, and how depriving yourself can allow us to place our focus on other things. I spend a lot of time on the computer, if you ask the right person, they'd declare too much of my time probably. I suppose that I've always been the type to test myself, to see what I am capable of doing or not doing, although this would not normally be a test I would place upon myself. When is the last time you did without the luxury of electricity?
Do you think that you could endure such a challenge imposed on yourself?!
~Take the Challenge~
We had an all day power cut last summer. It wasn't so bad as it was warm, but I had to cook dinner on our wood fire, something that our model was not designed to cope with! It was fun, but I would hate to live without electricity... All that laundry to do by hand!
ReplyDeleteNo thanks! LOL!
ReplyDeleteAwesome pic, btw... we too lived through a horrendous ice storm in 1999, weeks without power in a major city in the middle of january is nothing to laugh about.
And I *did* miss you! Glad you're back safe and sound!
Sian: oh yeah, laundry....that would surely be a task, I'd wear the same thing all the time probably, haha. We would have cooked on our fire had there been any food in the house!
ReplyDeletetechnodol: We joked that we would refer to the great ice storm of 2008, haha, although thankfully we didn't have to go weeks without power, I would seriously go nuts!
do it all the time love to stay in the jungle or Phang nga bay, its not cold mind but no electric is wicked
ReplyDeleteHi Jessica I am POD's daughter and Sian's friend. This is a great example of the worst walmart lol! REPOST IT AS SUCH!
ReplyDeleteIt's actually my boyfriends shop here in our yard!
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