Comments on: Gratitude for Barnes & Noble http://www.abiggerpond.com/2010/03/grattitude-for-barnes-noble/ Stop Playing Small Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: lifecoachsandy http://www.abiggerpond.com/2010/03/grattitude-for-barnes-noble/comment-page-1/#comment-541 lifecoachsandy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:56:39 +0000 http://www.abiggerpond.com/?p=764#comment-541 Donna~<br>You were so resourceful during this water crisis. I especially liked how you flushed the toilet with the aid of melted snow! I find it incredibly empowering to have weathered a crisis well. It is a reminder to me that if I could survive and thrive in a crisis, I can do just about anything! You sound like a person who makes good use of survival skills.<br>Thanks for sharing your story of gratitude after a crisis.<br>Sandy Donna~
You were so resourceful during this water crisis. I especially liked how you flushed the toilet with the aid of melted snow! I find it incredibly empowering to have weathered a crisis well. It is a reminder to me that if I could survive and thrive in a crisis, I can do just about anything! You sound like a person who makes good use of survival skills.
Thanks for sharing your story of gratitude after a crisis.
Sandy

]]> By: DonnaB http://www.abiggerpond.com/2010/03/grattitude-for-barnes-noble/comment-page-1/#comment-540 DonnaB Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:55:07 +0000 http://www.abiggerpond.com/?p=764#comment-540 Yes - our town (plus 2 others) was out of running water for over four days last week. A large water main broke and because it was located out in the middle of nowhere, it was hard to reach to fix it. Schools, stores and restaurants were closed. Thank goodness for the snow still piled up in our yard from the recent snow storms we had a few weeks prior. We were able to keep a large bucket of snow in the house and melt it down so we could flush the toilets. The local fire stations were handing out drinking water. I had dishes in the sink that couldn't be washed and clothes in the washing machine that had been sitting there, still damp from when the water first went out. <br><br>It was incredibly frustrating - we were invited to stay with friends and family, but we have two large dogs and wouldn't have been able to take them with us.<br><br>When the water finally came back on, I was so incredibly grateful for the return of that luxury. Yes – our town (plus 2 others) was out of running water for over four days last week. A large water main broke and because it was located out in the middle of nowhere, it was hard to reach to fix it. Schools, stores and restaurants were closed. Thank goodness for the snow still piled up in our yard from the recent snow storms we had a few weeks prior. We were able to keep a large bucket of snow in the house and melt it down so we could flush the toilets. The local fire stations were handing out drinking water. I had dishes in the sink that couldn't be washed and clothes in the washing machine that had been sitting there, still damp from when the water first went out.

It was incredibly frustrating – we were invited to stay with friends and family, but we have two large dogs and wouldn't have been able to take them with us.

When the water finally came back on, I was so incredibly grateful for the return of that luxury.

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