Where have we been?? The summer has been a bummer here in Lucindaville. Most of July was spent without electricity or telephone service. A surge in the electricity fried the stove. There was a plumbing problem. My phone was out so much my phone bill was just under $3. The phone company wanted ANOTHER phone number to reach me. Seriously, if I had another phone that worked, I wouldn't be calling frantically. If I had cell phone service I wouldn't need this crappy land line.
We are spending 720 million dollars a DAY in Iraq and Afghanistan, countries most people in Congress couldn't find on a blank map! Maybe if we had a weeks worth of that funding we could get reliable phone service and electricity to WEST VIRGINA! But I digress...
During these travails, my friend Ann, who had to postpone her trip to visit, merely delayed it and decided that misery would love company. She ventured out not knowing what she might find or NOT find, but she came prepared with tequila which needs neither a stove nor electricity.
By the time she arrived, the refrigerator was working and she stocked it Simply Limeade and the cocktail making ensued. Ann developed a classic down and dirty margarita. She was aided by glasses that had been in my family for a hundred years. I checked and they hold 10 ounces. So the next time your electricity goes off, of you lose phone service, of your stove blows, or frankly, you just need a drink without much thought, give this margarita a try. Our orange liquor of choice is Grand Gala. It is inexpensive and had a bite. It often gets criticised for its bite, but I love that in a margarita.
Ann's We Don't Have Electricity But We Have Tequila Margarita
2 ounces of tequila
1 ounce orange liquor
Simply Limeade
Measure 2 ounces of tequila and 1 ounce of orange liquor in a 10 ounce glass. Fill with cold Simply Limeade.
It makes me happy just thinking about it...
Your summer sounds like my winter (Jun-August in Australia). I returned home for 2 months from a stint working overseas. Had to organise leaking roof repair and repaint of the wall beneath it; the hot water system went; then the painter went MIA with a quarter of another wall done. Glad to be miles away from it all in sunnier climes on a week's break - and I just may have a margarita for lunch!
ReplyDeleteI agree. There is nothing worse than no electricity; summer or winter. You deserve an award for having to deal with that for so long.
ReplyDeleteGee...what a pain in the you-know-what. How are the cats?
ReplyDeletethe fire pit? NICE!
ReplyDeletebrilliant idea! I may have to try this -a margarita has been my drink choice of the summer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post. I loved every word, and now my husband is on a venture to see if SL is available around here.
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