It’s stormy here and last night the power went out. This morning, by the time Bracken and I came downstairs, Jeff had already gotten a fire started in the woodstove and had some lamps going (kerosene and propane.) Luckily we had some leftover soup, so we warmed it up on the woodstove, which made for an easy breakfast.
We have been scrambling to get everything ready for our first weekend of Holiday Market. Having no electricity put a damper in our plans, to be sure. We needed to print labels for our herbal salves (requiring a computer), get some more magnets carved (which required a tool) and the list went on and on. I thought ‘this is the worst time be without electricity!’ But there was nothing we could do about it, so we surrendered to it and enjoyed the pervading quiet and peace that comes when the power goes out.
When it was time for Bracken’s nap, Jeff and I took a nap too. The three of us peacefully slumbered while the wild storms blew outside. And boy, did I need that nap! I didn’t realize how exhausted I was. We’ve been working so hard to get ready for market. If the electricity had been on, we would have been working and those naps wouldn’t have happened for Jeff and I.
I thought ‘maybe this was actually the perfect time to be without electricity. When we were busiest and needed the regenerative break the most.’
In the afternoon the power came back on. It was so nice to have bright lights again on such a dark day! We loaded our booth up in our truck, which means we have our living room back! (That sentence deserves more exclamation points!)
Tomorrow we are setting up our booth at Holiday Market (just the structure.)
Thursday we’ll be at home for Thanksgiving (and be getting last minute things done.)
Friday will be our first day selling at Holiday Market this year! And we’ll be selling on Saturday and Sunday too.
Trish says
Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Hope you sell a huge amount at the market.
Much love to you all Taryn. xxx
Mama Forestdweller says
Wow, those candle pictures are really beautiful. I love your approach to things like power outages – you have such a great attitude about life! Hope you have a great Holiday Market and a Happy Thanksgiving. 🙂
Jessica says
I’m so glad you got your power back! We had an early winter storm here at the end of October and were without power for 4 days. Since we have a well, we had no running water either. Definitely reinforces my resolve to be less reliant on the power grid! Good luck at Holiday Market 🙂
becky3086 says
Good luck! Hope you sell a bunch!
GreenMama says
It is You, that you were not angry about not having electricity for a while…
So good that you use that time positive.
I hope you Market days are successful.
LOve to you!
April says
I will be out of town, unfortunately, but plan on going to many of the coming weekends! Will you be at more? I sure hope so 🙂
teri says
sounds perfect… napping while the storm rages outside…
just getting caught back up on your blog after our hectic move… so sorry to hear about the truck! but glad to hear you’ve got it back and running!
i’m hoping to make it to holiday market sometime this season, though it definitely won’t be this weekend… but looking forward to seeing you all when i do!
love and hugs to you, jeff, and bracken…