What 15 hours of no electricity does to a person

9.50 P.M.

John says - Have you ever seen The Prime of  Miss Brodie?
Suzan says - No, I've never heard of it
John says - It's a great movie with Maggie Smith - from the 60's - it's starting in 10 minutes
Suzan says - Oh that sounds great - ok !

I scurried around the house to make sure I could lay down for the entire length of the move

Suzan says - I hope the worst of this wind has died down - the trees are going crazy outside.

10.00 P.M.  - on the nose.

The power goes out................

John says - $&*(*#%^(@)* - WHAT KIND OF BLACK CLOUD DO WE LIVE UNDER?
Suzan says - Oh it'll be back on soon

The battery operated radio says 100,000 homes have lost power.

11.00 P.M. - after laying there in the dark - eye balls wide open - there's an explosion like we've never heard in our lives

John jumps up - I think the roof has just been hit with a tree
Suzan says - No it came from down the street

Upon which I jump up also and see a bright orange light way down the street -
I also see that all our neighbor's lights are back on - except for ours............

The battery operated radio says 80,000 homes still have no power

Suzan says - it'll be back on any minute - the neighbor's lights are all on

12.00 A.M.

John says - Well I'm turning in for the night
Suzan lays there listening to the radio - which now says aproximately 60,000 homes  are still affected.

1.00 A.M.

I listen to the radio - which includes a talk show sex therapist - boring as hell - and a comedy show - funny as hell............and which also says power has been restored to many homes - only 30,000 or so now have no power...............
Like an addict - I'm dying to turn on the computer and do my IWLT Wednesday..............it's palpable this need to do so.
I also need a cup of tea so bad that I'm getting the DT's .............

2.00 A.M.

I fall asleep to the reassuring sound of tinny music playing in my ear................

2.20 A.M.
I awake to music blasting in the bedroom - almost causing a heart attack - when I accidentally lean on the volume button.

3.00 A.M.
I light a candle and go downstairs - for no other reason then to light a candle and go downstairs.
I grab a bottle of water so that the trip won't be a total right off

I fall asleep until 4. A.M. when the birds frantically chirping awake me -
I turn the radio back on

Well well well - there's only 20,000 homes with no power now - fabulous -

5 A.M. I once again go downstairs - I have an uncontrollable need to vaccuum - or bake a cake - I wash some dishes instead and go outside to see the pool completely covered in branches.
I'm an agitated nervous mess and feel like I'm losing my mind..............I need electricity.  Badly.

6 A.M. - I wake John up

Suzan says - Good morning - sleep well?
John says - What time is it?
Suzan says - 6
John says - Is the power on?
Suzan says - No
John says - Good night

I watch him like a crazed stalker for 1 hour -

7 A.M.

The radio says we're down to 10,000 or so left without power.

Oh goody goody freaking gum drops -

Suzan says - Are you going to sleep all day?
John says - What the hell do you want me to do?
Suzan says - I'd like you to turn the bar b que on please
John says - WHAT THE HELL?  YOU FEEL LIKE A STEAK?
Suzan says - No - I'd like a cup of tea please..............
John says - You've got to be kidding me
Suzan says - NO, there's a pot of water on the kitchen counter - just stick it on it please.

8 A.M.

John says - The neighbor's say their electricity came back on at 10.30 last night
John says - Did you pay the Hydro bill?

9 A.M

The radio says most houses now have there electricity back - a few thousand apparently left to go

At this point I'm pretty damned sure the next announcement will be
ALL houses except ONE have their electricity back.

10. A.M.
I grab a book - and lay down on the bed
And I read for 3.00 hours
Actually I read until I hear John screaming at precisely

1.00 P.M

John screams - The power's back on -
John says - what are we going to do today?
Suzan says - I'm going to bed -
John says - We have appointments today -
Suzan says - Please reschedule them?   Having no power has drained me completely.

Hope everyone had a fabulous Wednesday !!!

Hugs,

If I had a million dollars......................

STOP THE PRESSES !!!!!!!!

Suzan says - OMG John - I'm at over 900,000 page views !  That means I'm almost at a million - how did that happen???
John says - You should have charged a buck for each view..............
Suzan says - Well then I'd still only have 1 follower.
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I had no idea - really - NO. IDEA.!

I DID, however, notice that I hit 1200 followers at some point recently   ( and then I noticed Google+ 
reached 1000 followers - and again I had no idea ) which made me actually go look at Google +  which I never go on - and it says I've had 21 million views - there HAS to be a mistake there, really.
( although I've noticed I've been " stumbled upon " quite a few times - and there was that Huffington Post thing with dressers - but still - can it be that high? I really don't think so )
I don't dare tell John that number - he'll only see it as a lost opportunity )

And my Pinterest account jumped up to 2700 followers ( thanks to the team at Pinterest featuring one of my boards ! )
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Soooooo, I'll be charging a dollar a view from now on ( except on Google + - it'll only cost you 50 cents to go on that site ( which will still leave me with 10 million dollars )

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Ok - let's get serious now - I have to celebrate this somehow - ( because even though they're only numbers and in fact quite small numbers compared to other bloggers - they happen to be numbers I never thought I'd see on this blog - from the bottom of my heart I truly never thought I'd see them ) so a giveaway will be coming up shortly -  Caroline - oh Caroline - where are you?
You all remember Caroline from  PIORRA MAISON right?
Let's all ask her together if she'd like to team up with me to celebrate - she has the most incredible store with the most incredible items - and on top of that she has the most incredible taste ( suck up number 1 - although it's true )

! - 2 - 3 - GO ( to the comments section and ask nicely )

e.g. - Hi Caroline - please help Suzan with an awesome giveaway - thanks very much

I can't promise what she'll come up with - but I CAN promise it'll be something special ( wow I'm really going out on a limb here lol ) suck up number 2


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This is what I'd do if I actually had a million dollars - dedicated to all of YOU - if you don't know the song you have to give it a listen - it's too adorable for words ( by the Bare Naked Ladies )



Thanks everyone so much - for reading the dribble and nonsense I write - and most of it IS dribble - I'm well aware of that little fact LOL
For the advise I'm given - and of which I always weigh
For the laughs you give in your comments
but mostly for the encouragement - it's a pretty incredible feeling to know that people are interested in what I have to say ( or really to be honest with myself - with what John has to say )
I have the most amazing readers out there in Bloglandia - ( everyone says that - but really it's the truth )
The most incredible loyal beautiful readers.
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This song's for CAROLINE (suck up number 3 )



This post - for this time only - will only cost you a quarter.......

This is not a numbers game - truly it isn't - I write - I hit publish - and hope at least ONE other person reads it - anything over that is a bonus in my world.  I don't solicit new followers - I even make sure to mention during giveaways that people DON'T have to follow me to participate. My blog is my therapy session - daily - it relaxes me - it drags me away from never ending renovations or furniture - and it's a complete escape from my current reality ( which is rather depressing to say the least )
As you all know by now I've become a terrible blogger - I barely have time to visit any more - or even answer comments I get ( I read every single one of them - and I try - I really do try - to answer them all ) but as you also know I'm basically drowning in this fixer upper and it's just bigger then I ever thought it would be.
Why in God's name didn't any of you stop me from buying it?
Sometimes I read about people getting writer's block on their blogs and I think of the over 100 posts I have saved in my drafts file.................I have the opposite problem - I have far TOO much to say LOL
And as I write them up I'm often thinking of you guys - giggling because I just know what the reaction will be to John's words of wisdom...................in fact as he's saying them sometimes I think -
" Oh they have to hear this one "
My blog is - at the end of the day - my happy place - and you guys are the reason.
I never realized when I started it that it would be a journey that would leave me surrounded with love.

And just so you know - I love you ALL ( and that you can take to the bank - while you transfer that dollar LMHO )
Suzana Anna Danna
xoxo