RE: Jackie -- Sharon.....RE: My news and Sharon.......

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Good! And get some "real" wood for better warming! LOLOL Challis Jackie Hanan wrote: Hi Sharon,……..in no way was I comparing my situation with yours! Lol….I know you had it much worse than I did, and after what I went thru just for a

little while made me think of how much more you experienced. No way could I go potty on a bucket! Lol…. I think because it was so cold, and not even as cold as what it was in Alaska, but cold for us. It made me think of how you lived there, and how hard it was. I suppose if we had all the things we needed to live in an emergency situation it wouldn’t have been so stressful. I have been telling hubby for years, in fact ever since the Y2K thing, that we needed to be prepared for whatever. I think now he is rethinking his ho hum attitudes regarding this. I don’t think he wants to go back down to the lake…….lol…. Smiles and hugs, Jackie From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon MarsdenSent: Monday, December 18, 2006 11:22 AMTo: MSersLife Subject: Re: Sharon.....RE: My news and Sharon....... Hi Jackie and all:I glad to know you thought of me, Jackie! What a pain for you hubby to have to haul that water up for the toilet but at least you had a toilet to flush! lol... In Alaska we had an outhouse and a potty bucket inside the cabin. For those who don't know I lived an Alaskan Adventure several years ago in the backwoods of Alaska. We were 2 miles from the closest road (if you can call it that) in a huge old drafty cabin surrounded by the forest. We had no electricity

and got our water from our creek. The inside "bathroom" was a bucket in an empty closet. And often that bucket froze solid. The closet was just 8 feet from our wood heat stove but on the perimeter of our living area. It was a cold winter for us but we had a lot of fun and a great adventure. We got to the cabin on November 5th and the first 2 nights we were there the water bucket froze solid INSIDE. It was about 2 feet from the heat stove. After those first few days we got the floor covered and insulation and plastic in the ceiling between the bottom floor where we were and the second story. We also walled off a small living area for us using blankets, plastic sheeting and tyvek. The wood heat stove burned day and night. We used kerosene lamps for light and our brand new generator stopped working after just 5 starts.Adventure is a mild word.

ROFLhugs)))Sharon I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. Re: My news and Sharon ....... I'm so glad to hear from you! I was wondering if you were in the outage area I've been hearing about on the news. What did you do for water? Did you have emergency water jugs anywhere? I just can't do without water so, to me, that would be the biggest problem. I'll bet you are tired from no sleep. Is there any kind of emergency back-up

power you can have for your breathing machine? How did your hubby do? love...Sharon __________________________________________________