Monday, June 27, 2005
JANUARY....1994
The New Year greeted us with two inches of snow. We woke up to a winter wonderland with frosting on all of the trees and bushes. It wasn’t so pretty at our Ellington office. The heat was still off and we worked in a frosty room and had to keep our coats on all day. It wasn’t exactly the glamour side of our job…….when you could see your breath and everything you touched was permeated with cold, it made for a very long day. The applicants who came for testing couldn’t believe our situation. They had misery of their own just staying long enough to fill out the test and leave.
On a Saturday I helped Becky baste her quilt top and batting to get ready for hand quilting. I finished up some cross-stitching I had been doing on some sweat shirts and cut some blocks for another quilt I wanted to make. January is always a good time for stitching at our house. Bear was engrossed with the Chief’s football games as Montana and Allen were a great combination who came to the Chief’s that season. We were concerned because it didn’t look like the coach was letting Montana play “his” game. When you have the best quarterback in the league why wouldn’t you let him pass the ball? Instead he was given plays by the coach and continually had to hand the ball off for a running game. Oh Marty, what are you thinking? If stitching is my pass-time…..football is definitely high on my list.
The weather didn’t improve all month. The Northeast was locked in with deep snow and traffic snarls. The news showed home-owners trying to shovel out with more snow coming down….it was bad enough, here, but they had it much worse. Bitter cold came along with it for added complications. We couldn’t get to work some days and stayed at Headquarters. California didn’t get by without problems of their own. A 6.6 earthquake hit Los Angeles and did terrible damage with lives lost. We had CNN on all day to watch the events…..the quake happened at 4:30 am their time so people were mostly home sleeping.
As hours passed by more reports told of damaged freeways and overpasses, an apartment collapsing into the first floor and many stories of rescues and heroic efforts by citizens and emergency crews alike. Fatality numbers continued to climb. There were many after-shocks and people were afraid to return to their homes so were camping in the streets. On January 22nd Tele Savalis died of prostate cancer….he was 70-years old, born in 1924. We had watched a lot of Kojak episodes and hated to hear of his passing. His catch line, “Who loves you now, baby?” and sucking on suckers will be remembered.
The weather didn’t get any better. Our car battery was dead from the intense cold and we had to call for someone to come get us going again. If anything is going to cause trouble it always happens with extreme weather. After what seemed to be an eternity, January passed and we were looking forward to the short month of February. How much damage can 28-days do? We’ll find out tomorrow…………
Until then,
Essentially Esther
On a Saturday I helped Becky baste her quilt top and batting to get ready for hand quilting. I finished up some cross-stitching I had been doing on some sweat shirts and cut some blocks for another quilt I wanted to make. January is always a good time for stitching at our house. Bear was engrossed with the Chief’s football games as Montana and Allen were a great combination who came to the Chief’s that season. We were concerned because it didn’t look like the coach was letting Montana play “his” game. When you have the best quarterback in the league why wouldn’t you let him pass the ball? Instead he was given plays by the coach and continually had to hand the ball off for a running game. Oh Marty, what are you thinking? If stitching is my pass-time…..football is definitely high on my list.
The weather didn’t improve all month. The Northeast was locked in with deep snow and traffic snarls. The news showed home-owners trying to shovel out with more snow coming down….it was bad enough, here, but they had it much worse. Bitter cold came along with it for added complications. We couldn’t get to work some days and stayed at Headquarters. California didn’t get by without problems of their own. A 6.6 earthquake hit Los Angeles and did terrible damage with lives lost. We had CNN on all day to watch the events…..the quake happened at 4:30 am their time so people were mostly home sleeping.
As hours passed by more reports told of damaged freeways and overpasses, an apartment collapsing into the first floor and many stories of rescues and heroic efforts by citizens and emergency crews alike. Fatality numbers continued to climb. There were many after-shocks and people were afraid to return to their homes so were camping in the streets. On January 22nd Tele Savalis died of prostate cancer….he was 70-years old, born in 1924. We had watched a lot of Kojak episodes and hated to hear of his passing. His catch line, “Who loves you now, baby?” and sucking on suckers will be remembered.
The weather didn’t get any better. Our car battery was dead from the intense cold and we had to call for someone to come get us going again. If anything is going to cause trouble it always happens with extreme weather. After what seemed to be an eternity, January passed and we were looking forward to the short month of February. How much damage can 28-days do? We’ll find out tomorrow…………
Until then,
Essentially Esther
