Wow! What a week that was!

I wrote my last blog at 1.28pm local time on Tuesday this week ... soon after that the power went off! Assuming it was going to come back on within an hour or so I didn't worry too much about it.

By 4pm, i'm starting to think it may be a little longer! Txt'd hubby at work & asked him to ring up the power company & get a status report. When he replied back that it was off til about 7pm, I needed to start getting things ready! So, ran around the house cleaning up so we didn't have Miss Abby's toys lying around the house to trip over in the dark. Shoe rack put into spare room with door shut so Miss Abby couldn't pull them off the rack in the hallway for us to trip over! Candles & torches sorted with new batteries etc. I was ready! Once it started to get dark, Miss Abby was in bed so I sat down & read my book under candlelight ... sounds romantic - but it wasn't it was cold & miserable LOL. (I think I was fooling myself into thinking that if I put lots of little candles on then it would warm me up too? lol)

But when hubby came home just before 7pm ... he came with more news! Power off til the next day ... at 10PM!  OK, that's alright - we had a specialist appt in town, so would be away for the day so no problems right!? So while we were in town that day, we went to a net cafe to just get an update since we had no news updates etc & stupidly enough, we don't have a battery radio to get updates from! Looked online to find out that trains have been suspended with limited bus services going up the mountains! And road blocks throughout the travel too! Yikes! lol.

Anyway, obviously we got home - but we certainly took our time. Stayed out & had takeaway for tea etc. Came home about 9pm on that Wednesday & 30mins later the power came back on! So that was lucky for us. Unfortunately, as i'm typing this on Saturday - STILL people in the rural areas of the mountains are without power & trust me - it is bloody cold at night time up here!

So, not much happening in terms of craft really this week. I did cut out a pattern for a soft toy i'm making on Tuesday afternoon before it got too dark, but other than that there was nothing done :(

After the power came back on, Thursday was recovery day. Finishing the washing that was in the machine in the middle of it's wash when the power went out on Tuesday, remaking vegemite sticks for Miss Abby that were 1/2 cooked in the oven when the power went out too.

 Here's the result the morning after my book read lol. Oopsies! Good job I didn't use these candles on the tables at our wedding aye! That was where these candles were meant to be used but we ended up not doing that. Phew!

Today, my big parcel arrived! Was meant to be delivered on Tuesday! We are assuming that the power outage may have contributed to the delay. Delay coming up the mountains from Sydney as motorists were advised not to use the road & defer plans etc. Not really sure what happened - but anyway it's here now!

Ozzie inspecting the new arrival ... 

 My new toy unpacked & assembled! Bring on the weight loss & fitness craze baby!

Happy crafting!