Horrible Day.....can't Wait For Tomorrow
Decorating By Cyndi1207 Updated 15 May 2009 , 12:28am by chassidyg
Well, I use to be on here a whole lot more but since I opened my shop in January it has without surprise consumed my life (this is not a complaint). I need to post pics of my new shop because I'm in love with it........but we'll do that later. Back to my horrible day.........My husband installed my new computer today and when I went to go turn on the oven I guess it sent a charge of electricity through the place that blew the fuse. Well, it didn't just blow the fuse but it caused a power outage in the neighborhood behind my shop and caused a small fire in the backyard of a house thats two lots behind my shop. That main box was on the electric pole in their backyard and it sents sparks that caught onto to their dry grass (was about 100 degrees today here). So we were out of electricity for over 3 hours with 2 cake orders due tomorrow and 5 more on friday.......11 on Saturday..........OMG can you imagine not only the guilt, embarassment, worry, tears and so on that I must have gone through. It was horrible. I wonder if the firemen or the electricians told the neighbors........"Oh, it's all because of that new cake shop on the corner.....you can go thank them".....ugghhhh 
. So it finally came back on after one of my assistants and I were all drenched in sweat and delirious almost. I was able to bake and cover everything for tomorrow but have to go in extra early to decorate. I'm so glad the day is over. Oh my other assistant called to check in on us and expresses how thankful he was he had the day off......that little 
Hmmm........I read this back and realize how unreal it sounds. I wish this was the case. I'm just glad that this was yesterday and hope that when I turn my oven on this morning that everything will work fine. I'm not going to turn on the new computer until my electrician comes and wires me to obtain more electric juice flow. So nervous. We were so excited to have the new addition to the shop thinking that it would make life easier but it didn't start out so great. Some day 
Oh goodness. Luckily there were no indoor fires and no one was hurt. If you don't have them already, invest in some good quality surge protectors rated for applianeces . Through thunderstorms and electrical oddities, we have lost 2 TVs and phone/answering maching, and had a washing machine hit in the past 5 years. My grandfather actually had lightning hit his house, come out through his coffee maker which pushed it across the counter and started a fire. Thankfully he was in the kitchen at the time. Needless to say, we have properly rated surge protectors on just about everything in our house now. I don't have a shop, but I am assuming at least for your computers, mixers, etc, you should be able to protect them.
Wow Thank God that no one was hurt. That must be one powerful computer. I hope that everything goes better for you tomorrow!!!!
Well we rented an old house that is now our cities business district. Almost all the shops down the strip are old homes. The wiring isn't exactly tip top and you would think that the landlord would fix that problem.........well.......all he really cares about is rent. So I've paid for a lot of the improvements made to the property including now the wiring. Next installation because the heat is really killing us. It blows because you want to have a nice shop that helps your business but you put so much money into something that's not yours. I'm sure the next person that comes along will have to pay a lot more rent than me because of all the improvements. There were no fires today thank goodness for that and thanks for feeling my pain. I came home after all this and my kids and husband were like......"what's for dinner?" ............I think I must have passed out there for a second.
I woulda said Burger King 
Glad today was a better for you, sorry for your sucky day yesterday! Are you able to deduct somethings from your rent? He should be paying for electrical work and such. Maybe not the air, but most upkeep he should be doing.
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