Things we Learned from Ike

Got this in an email and thought it was cute. How unfortunate that I can identify with most of them! :)

Here are a few things that I learned while dealing with Hurricane Ike:

-Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill

-Hot pockets taste pretty good deep fried on the outdoor cooker!

-My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it)

-He who has the biggest generator wins

-A new method of non-lethal torture — showers without hot water

-TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful

-Flood plain drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong

-People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for

-Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged

-Hampers were not made to contain such a volume

-If I had a store that sold only ice, chainsaws, gas and generators… I'd be rich

-Waterfront property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole

-Tree service companies are underappreciated

-MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill??

-I can walk a lot farther than I thought

-A MUST for all blackouts with kids… GLOWSTICKS!
-It is a great time to teach the children the fine art of gambling (penny ante poker) card playing

-You can never have too many gas cans!

-7 dogs that do not normally live together still do not get along during a hurricane...they have no comprehension of sharing

-5 gallons of sweetened iced tea a day is not enough for 9 teenagers

-Suddenly you realize you DO have neighbors!

-Neighbors are much more sociable when your trees are being removed from their houses

-That neighbor who knows how to use a chainsaw is your new best friend

-What looks acceptable by candlelight in your bathroom will scare you when you look at yourself in the mirror at the office

-Coffee is NOT a luxury - it's a staple! And withdrawal is hell!

-Rather than campfires, you find families huddled about tiny battery-operated televisions to watch The Simpsons

-Peanut butter and jelly is a perfectly acceptable meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the same day

-Ice is a form of currency

-Coming home from work with a pizza and a charged-up laptop so the kids can watch a DVD makes you a hero

-You run out of things to barbecue after Day 3

-Hair can dry without a blow dryer, but it may not look the way you planned

-Baseball caps go with any post-hurricane ensemble

-You can't train yourself not to flip on light switches when entering a room

-Lukewarm is the new cold

-It's easier to ignore a dirty house when you can't see it

-A new opening phrase when seeing someone: 'Got lights yet?'

-Daydreaming consists of thinking about what you will do when the freak'n power comes back on!


AH. SO GLAD life is back to normal!!!