Hello Everyone! Muffy! I sucked in my breath when I read you fell, and didn’t breathe again until it was apparent you weren’t injured too badly. But could have been ..and alone. Glad to hear you took precautions. It’s so hard to keep a phone close to hand every moment. My last spectacular fall …..toe caught on dog’s body harness strap and slammed me down hard. I was actually talking to DH on phone when it happened….meaning he was at work. [some years ago now] Well phone fortunately didn’t fly too far. Tho I was unable to move much for quite some time…stuck where I landed on the floor…I was able to reach phone and explain what happened. He ended up coming home to help ….tho I wasn’t injured, just nervous system froze up and wouldn’t ease up. So the Alert thing around one’s neck is such a good idea….always with you. But they won’t connect our here in our boonies or I’d have gotten one years ago. So we do what we can.
In prepping for a sudden blackout, everyone remember to get a whole 10-pack of those $1 flashlights. Be sure to take out the circle of paper that keeps them from accidentally turning on and running out battery. If you need them, you don’t want to be trying to take out that paper. Put them EVERYwhere. They are cheap. Any where you sit or stand or dark places you can’t see well anyway ….like bottom shelf of pantry. Bathroom….so dark and must have light! Vehicles, obviously. And they should be down low enough to reach….if you’re on the floor. AND high enough to reach when the lights go out. Near the chair….where you’ll automatically reach….etc. Memorize WHERE you put them. Best safety investment is being able to SEE! This place has so many dark areas that we use them all the time anyway, without outages. Drop the pencil down wrong side of bed, reach for the flashlite and find it. …just did that yesterday! 🙂
Good to hear from the rest of you. Gardens drowned but mostly recovering. I’ve still got low stamina so I’m up and down in function/energy. Still walking my half mile. For my physical challenges….half mile in 20 min is goooood! Increase what I can. I still spend a lot of time down….but can still prep and keep myself busy. [or I’d go crazy!]
I’ve been researching more about KNOTS. Learning and relearning knots. Identifying ones that I use a lot but might not know the name. So far I haven’t found a name for a simple loop I make mid-line. Use that often to tighten tie-down ropes…leverage. LOL Maybe it’s too simple to have a name? LOL
Learning more about dish-type oil lamps. DIY type. In my case, remember in January when I was trying the Altoids tin and could not keep the wick lit. Trouble might have been the wick not wicking due to materials that I tried. Will be trying cotton mop strand and/or a real cotton ball stretched out and spun into a cord. [Old cotton shoe laces? BUT there is another possible answer to the trouble. Up here at very high altitude, fire does not burn like it would at lower altitudes. We do have to jimmy it a bit. Might be that too but need to eliminate other errors first.
Mama Cando…..I’d seen some talk of putting a wick into a can of Crisco for a steady light and heat [cooking] source. The idea to just slide in a slim candle and presto….you have a wick that is straight in! Good idea…thanks for sharing!
Also, from January Challenge, I’ve been thinking of why I could NOT get fire started with my magnesium block. I’ve started fires all my life…burn trash on our farm. Camping lots and lots. But started them with matches, mostly. Embarrassing …but I might not have been using a steel knife to spark the flint. Just some old kitchen knife I had at the fireplace. I can fix that! Secondly, that the magnesium/flint block that I bought at Walmart might not be the ‘real’ thing. Hmph! Got a Doan’s brand coming from Amazon with some humidifier filters we’d be paying shipping on anyway. So I will be trying that again. Still have plenty of cig liters and wooden matches but…better to have options. Besides, it bugs me! Hmph!
We’re finally having some 80+ degrees in afternoon. Nites chilly as always. Nice! Have had a lot of rain for our area this year. Nothing like you in the central and east. But we don’t want fires so not complaining!!
OldMtWoman G’nite all