Good deals, Fixing the Stove, and The Lights Went Out!

 

I used the coupon from Walmart to buy things we use.  Milk, crackers, baked beans, corn, cream cheese, and a few cans of carrots.

I also used a $10 off 40 coupon from our local grocery store to buy more things I needed.

There is a coupon from Meijer's too for if you buy $100 you get $10...I'll wait till next week.

We pulled back the oven to find the serial number to order a burner plug in and it was on the bottom drawer!  Of course though we really need to clean back there.

We bought this stove at habitat for humanity about 10 years ago.  We have replaced parts here and there and it just keeps on running.

Our lights went out last night for about 3 or 4 hours.  They said a transformer blew.  We got all our lamps out and the house was lit up again.  I keep them all in one place for easy access...the top shelf in the coat closet.  

It was cold outside but still warm inside from the last time the furnace kicked on.  It was late so we went to bed and covered up (we are all adults).  They gave us a repair time as 2:30 in the morning and it was fixed by 12:30.  That heat felt good when it came on.

Now, if you don't think this freaked us out ...your wrong.  There is so much talk about the grid failure on social media it made us think...did it really happen.....

A couple of great things we have for a power outage :

A solar charger for our phone  (we keep these in the sunlight so they are ready to go at all times):  

BLAVOR Solar Power Bank 10,000mAh Portable Wireless Charger for Cell Phones

These lights are small but mighty in power:

Lichamp LED Camping Lantern, 4 Pack Battery Powered Flashlight for Power Outages, Portable Collapsible Hanging Light Essential for Home, Outdoor, Emergency Lamp Survival Kit Gear for Hurricane, Gray

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