sf wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:10:26 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:44:24 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm going to look for a freezer alarm. If they don't cost too
>>>> much I'll get
>>>> one. Supposed to alert you when the temp gets too high.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've never heard of that. Please post a link when you find it.
>>
>> There are a lot in varying designs and prices. I got this one:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Visual-R...=freezer+alarm
>>
>> The main drawback that people complained about is that it is
>> somewhat quiet. But that's what I wanted because I wouldn't want to
>> drive the kittehs nuts if it did go off and we weren't home. I go
>> out into the garage often enough. But now I know that just looking
>> at the green light on the freezer simply isn't enough.
>>
> Thanks for the link.

Sure! I am convinced now that the problem was indeed a power failure.

When we came home the other night I said to Angela that something didn't
look right about the house. We have lights all along the front of the house
that come on when it gets dark. But at the corner of the garage, there is
also one that comes on when activated by motion. It was on. And it stayed
on. This is not the first time this has happened and to shut it off, you
have to shut off the switch just inside the garage and then turn it back on.
It will then reset to the motion activated.

Although this has happened a few times in the past, I never made the
connection to it being a power failure. But now I am pretty sure that it
was!

The inside of the garage is colder than the house but warmer than the
outside. Nothing has ever frozen out there just sitting out. We keep soda,
bottled water and some canned foods out there. Even some cleaning supplies.
It's all fine.

I still do not intend to fill the freezer again until my husband comes home
for good because he is the one that eats most of the frozen stuff. I am
trying to introduce more frozen vegetables into our diet though. Angela
still prefers the canned. But after you posted about your Hobo Stew, I
decided to make a big pot of soup with ground beef and veggies. Albertsons
had russet potatoes for 38 cents a pound. Although russets are not what I
would normally put in a soup like this, I have been craving some potatoes.
With the frozen veggies, I can add just a small amount of different things.
Of course I do buy fresh when I can. But I do tend towards a problem when
making soup like this. I want so much stuff in the soup that I wind up with
more soup than I intended to make.