Inside Looking Out...on a Snowy January Weekend

Hello, Everyone! Welcome back to another year of Mountain Musings!

I promised to see you in January...and here I am, only a tad bit late climbing back into the saddle! Ha!

We hope you all had a lovely holiday and are ready to experience all the new things the Lord has for us in 2017! Happy New Year!

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.~ Isaiah 43:19

The snow that greeted us and many others in the South, kept us inside all weekend with extremely cold temperatures; church services being cancelled; internet service--slow and spotty; and ack! no water in the house on Sunday morning!

Yes, we're practicing being content in whatsoever state we're in...while boiling water from grocery store jugs for hot face washes and trying to make do until the well-drilling guy shows up with a new pump...if, indeed, that's what's wrong!

We're all praying for wonderful fresh water, which is so often taken for granted, to be pumping sooner rather than later. Praising the Lord for electricity, however, to make hot water until then!

I'm planning out how to complete Hannah's birthday meal today...I'll just have to pretend I'm living in Little House on the Prairie days and boil a sink full of water to get everything clean after cooking in the kitchen. I don't think Laura was accustomed to a dishwasher!

Yes, it's Hannah's birthday today! Happy birthday, sweet Hannah! Here's a picture of her eating out recently on a quickie lunch date with Dad:Hannah put in her usual out-of-the-ordinary request for her birthday meal, and I purchased all the ingredients before the snow came....now, just to get started. I'm not a whiz at cheesecakes like Sarah, but we'll see how this new recipe turns out...Chai Spice Cheesecake, which she found over on the blog Lady Behind the Curtain.

The main dish she picked is Thai Green Curry Chicken, found over on All Recipes. This recipe called for green curry paste and fish sauce...not typical ingredients found in my southern kitchen. But we heard that Sarah made this dish at her house, so we're going on her recommendation.

Okay...you know where I'll be. I'd better get started. After I finish I can relax and watch the birdies. This was the scene early Saturday morning when we awoke:Wish me success in getting this birthday meal on the table, wish Hannah a happy 33rd birthday, and wish (pray) for water...please!

~Deb

Comments

[Sarah H]

Happy birthday, sweet sister!!! Have a wonderful day, enjoy your meal! :)

[victoria]

Happy, happy birthday dear Hannah! Hope you have a wonderful day and that water is back on soon! We'll be praying for it to be resolved quickly and for Deb to get that delicious meal on that table despite the water shortage. Loved all the snow pictures.

[ANA]

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[Toni]

Hi Deb! I'm sure you'll make a grand meal for Hannah. I hope the well problem is sorted out soon. It's so aggravating to have to boil water after having our conveniences and being used to them for so long.

Your snow is beautiful. We got 3 inches here in the foothills.
Have a great week!
Toni

[Barbara J.]

Hi, Deb. Sorry about the water problems. We have a well also and had to replace our pump several years ago. Also whenever our power goes off, we're without water. It was a little difficult to get used to. Hope Hannah has a great birthday and enjoys that meal - I'm not quite that adventurous! We didn't have any snow but did have very cold temperatures. I'm ready for warmer ones now. Hope you have lots of water soon.

[Tammy C]

Happy Birthday Hannah.Enjoy your birthday meal.

Snow pictures are pretty.

Hope the water problem is fixed soon.A few years back our hot water heater broke on a Saturday and we did without hot water until late Monday afternoon.We boiled watewr also.

[Joanna]

Happy Birthday, Hannah! Hope you had a great day.

[Cathy]

I thought, "If there isn't a new post when I go on the Girotti's blog, I'm going to have to call Deb, to make sure everything is OK." While all isn't exactly perfect, I'm still happy to see a new post.

And, happy b'day, Hannah. If you lived where I do in NorCal, you'd still have four hours of b'day left, and you could even take a warm shower. Here's to having running water soon.

I'll be praying for the water to be back on STAT.

[Jodi Deputy]

Happy Birthday, Hannah!! All the best to you.
Deb, I hope your well is pumping; we had well issues earlier this year. Not fun. And Barbara J.'s comment about electricity effecting water with a well ... it *does* take getting used to. I love that you're getting into pioneer character to push through the challenge. Enjoy your snow ... we're too far south now, and we miss it. :)

[Chris]

Just getting back to checking the blog. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Hannah a day late!! :( How was the meal? I bet it was all delicious and the "chef" did an amazing job! :) We have been in since Friday evening, church cancelled as well and TNCC was cancelled so Tim didn't start his semester yet. He will go tomorrow. The snow was beautiful here but i never did venture out...stayed inside and did a little sewing! :)

I hope you have a working water pump in your well by now, otherwise you may be really "pioneering" it and melting snow for water to cook with and drink ;)

[Tammy]

Happy New Year! We got 4" of snow here and AT&T said we were having a "natural disaster" and thus could not restore our service (phone and internet). So foreign to me, since we lived in the Midwest over 12 winters and 4" is not anything to even notice most of the time. ;) (We got our phone and internet back today - it being out had nothing to do with the snow, since it was down since Wed. and we got the snow overnight Friday). Anyhow. Now I feel like I'm back in 2017. Hahaha

I hope your water is working now! I think that would be far more inconvenient that no phone/internet!

Happy Birthday to Hannah!

[Hannah]

Thank you so much, everyone, for your birthday wishes and comments. The meal turned out deliciously, and we now have our water back! Very thankful.