We came across new meanings for otherwise normal words during our past week of Hurricane drama. Her is our dictionary for those of you who wanted to know, also for our Houston friends feel free to add to our dictionary in the comments.
Refrigeration: An Ice Chest on the floor filled with Ice.
Ice: An element more precious and then gold or jewels it is difficult to find, and even more difficult to keep in it's frozen state.
Stir crazy: A family confined to their home with no A/C and electricity.
Worm Jar: a jar where you keep the dozen or so worms that invaded your house to escape the hurricane
Sware Switches/Light Switches: A devise when used with electricity turns on and off lights, without power it is still used but the result is no longer light, but sware-words.
Tall Trees: Roadblocks/ Roof Decorations.
Tree Limbs: Lawn Ornaments.
Co/op Quick open: An effective means to extract something from your powerless (but still cool) refrigerator. Where one person opens quickly and closes the door quickly while the other grabs the needed item, letting out the least amount of cool air.
TVs/Computers/Microwaves/Garbage disposals/Hair Dryer etc. : Obsolete items that remind you how you used to live.
Plywood: Opaque windows.
Eye of the Hurricane: 10 min. of sleep.
Shower: A brief walk around the neighborhood.
Unrefrigerated Meat: Neighborhood BBQ
Kite: A dog tied-up outside during the storm.
Car Ride: A brief excursion in your car to have A/C and to charge cell phones.
More Rain: Just when you think you had enough rain during the hurricane you get 12 inches the next night.
9 comments:
I love it! You guys are too funny. I'm so glad you have power now.
That's my Terri...always making the best of any situation!!!
i am so glad your back and having fun! thanks for sharing your pictures and video! i love the worm jar :)
Garbage Disposal: Usually a very handy item...during a hurricane aftermath..a plunger (or in some cases....your hand...gross)
Hilarious! Well, for me, maybe not for you. You are creative and funny!!! I love that I can "hear" your voice when I read your blog! :)
I shouldn't have laughed when I read "kite," but I did...
HAHAHAHAH! I love "kite" and "Swear switches" LOL!!!!
sorry about the deleted one... not sure what happened...
You have had quite the adventure. Your kids are not going to know what to do when is back to tv, kindergarten, power, and refridgerators. We are still looking forward to coming next spring especially when we are sick of our cold and snow.
insanity - deciding that it's better to take a 16 hour car trip (each way) with five children under age 7 than staying in a powerless house
(actually, Anne and I had a great trip to Atlanta to visit family, but there were moments in the scream-filled car that the powerless house sounded pretty good)
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