Weight Loss, Week 7

Well, when I weighed myself last Friday, I was back up to 235. Sigh. But I won't complain, I'm still far ahead of schedule!

(I'm sure some of you don't really care about this, but one of my greatest motivations is that I've promised myself that I will post my weight each week for the world to see.)

Isabel 2003

For the most part, we got by very lucky. Our power went out as soon as the storm got close, 3:30pm on Thursday. But we have gas stove, so we could cook, and gas water heater, so the water stayed warm. We don't cook much, so we suffered minimal spoilage (we hauled several pounds of meat to my parents' place -- they didn't lose power at all!).

We had a load of whites in the laundry when the power went out, so they soaked in bleach for 24 hours before we carted them to my parents' place to rinse the bleach and soap out.

blueeowyn and I spent several hours staring at each other by candlelight, playing rummicube, mancala, and canasta, and singing songs. We also cleaned bathrooms.

Friday morning, we noticed that our house's ridge vent was half-stripped away, and was dangling down the back side of the house. We called the insurance company, and left a message. Couldn't do much about it during the weekend (Ren Fest, ya know), so I called the insurance company again this morning, and talked to a real live person. They suggested taking pictures and covering the resulting hole to prevent rain damage.

( Long story ensues.  )

*snort* Tomorrow, parents on my street will wonder why their kids are throwing bottles of water over their houses...