Update part 2

Bullet points to save batteries. Details tomorrow.

1. Still no power. Still no trucks. Did see a few guys at the neighbor substation on Yale at 7th.  Not much power progress anywhere in the neighborhood.

1.5  Most of the street flooding has drained,  excepted a few places where is becomes trapped in a bowl and can't drain.  That will have to be pumped. No one is pumping it.

1.75  The water is flowing again, with decent pressure.  Citizens are asked to conserve until tomorrow.  I'm taking a shower tonight.

2. Mayor McCheeses' inane comments about clearing debris are bullsit.  No one is clearing debris except the straight guys and lesbians in the neighborhood.  There are chainsaws running everywhere,  but none being weilded by city, state, or FEMA workers.  If the neighbors hadn't come together the streets would still be blocked.

3.  The airport reopens tomorrow.  Miss G is flying to Atlanta.  She is not prepared for her meetings,  but an air-conditioned suite at the W with room service instead of canned beans is worth a little embarrasment.

4.  The kitties are staying here.  They don't travel well. "Normality is important to Shelby.  Drink your juice, Shelby". (10 points to the commenter who gets that!)  Besides,  they like it warm.  Miss Annie will check on them, and I trust her to make good decisions if she thinks it's too hot for them to stay here.

4.5  I'm sick of the sound of generators since I don't have one.  Note to self:  have Kohler Residential Auxilliary Power installed before winter. (We're due an ice storm!)

5. I brought 2 boxes of frozen meat over to "Mom" and "Dads" last night. Their power was restored very quickly,  we think they are on the same grid as a hospital.  Thanks goodness that wasn't wasted.

6. The rest of the food that I can't eat before lunch tomorrow has been thrown away.  All the containers of leftover gumbo,  barbque sauce,  and bean soup are in the trash. I proabably would never have eaten them, anyway.  And those disgusting "Michaelina" frozen dinners in the cardboard that I bought and never ate because they were so gross.

7. There was 1/2 a jar of olives and some parmesan cheese in the fridge,  and I couldn;t let that go to waste,  so I'm having "bloodytinis".  Here's the recipe:

2 oz Absolut (peppar if you have it)

2 oz tomato juice or BM mix

teaspoon worcestershire

a few dashes tabasco (to taste)

a blob of horseradish (again, to taste)

 

Wipe the rim of a martini glass with vodka and dip into grated parmesan to coat. (has to be the Kraft powdered kind)

Combine ingedients in cocktali shaker with ice,  shake, and serve up with an olive garnish.

YUM!!!!!  - Time to go shake another batch. More later!