At the lovely time of 4:50 a.m. or so, I awoke to quiet. Real quiet. Then noise. Then quiet. In my dreamy state, I asked pig-farmer, “What is that noise?” He said, the power is going on and off. And then, it stayed off.
Baby, it’s cold outside. As in single-digits.
I lay there, snug in my blankets … and worried about the electrically-powered tank heaters and heated buckets for the animals. At least we have no babies under heat lamps, I comforted myself.
Then, horrors! It dawned on me. NO COFFEE! My eyelids popped open for good. Drat. I better go call it in.
Ah well, I have hot cocoa and a gas range. 🙂 I began to putter about the kitchen, lighting candles and heating water.
Pig-farmer came out to the kitchen and was pulling on layers – he was heading to town to buy coffee at the convenience store. “To heck with hot cocoa!” he said.
What can I say? We like our coffee.
I chose to sip my hot cocoa while facing the east windows, watching for signs of morning light, enjoying complete silence.
I heard, then saw, the Shelby Electric Cooperative truck roll by. I toasted them with my hot cocoa and said, “Thanks guys, for getting up early and going out in the cold to take care of this while I stay warm in the house.”
Within a few minutes the house snapped, crackled and popped into action. I was able to just make the coffee.
Pig-farmer arrived home with his disposable cup. Mine was better. I had chosen the Disney Villains mug in honor of my coffee-less start to the morning. All-in-all, the power was off only an hour or so. Glad to know I can rough it! 😉
Just Make the Coffee 
My grandmother had one of those old stove top coffee makers with a see-thru knob on the lid. I would sit and watch the knob as the water went from clear to that dark coffee color indicating it was ready to drink. I’m not a coffee drinker, but hubby enjoys a cup from time-to-time and we have a lot of family who are coffee drinkers. I may just invest in one of those stove top coffee makers for those times when coffee is really needed and the power is out. Doesn’t hurt to be prepared 🙂
By-the-way, I’m also in Central IL. Not living on a farm yet, but that is the direction we’re going.
That coffee pot sounds cool! I hope you get to try one out when you get your farm! Shelbyville is our address.
Been down your direction a few times. We’re up near Bloomington.
Looked up the old stove top coffee pots. They still make them so I’ll be making that investment one day. Will be a nice reminder of my childhood.
Would you put a follow by email button on your side bar? That way I’ll know when you post something new!
Happy 2014!
Linda
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I will sure try to figure that out! I’ll look on the admin page now. Thanks for the suggestion!
I had one on there, but it was rather buried at the bottom. I have moved it toward the top now! I hope you can receive the email notices now. Thanks again.