Last week during my Lazy Mom Christmas Cookie week I received a frantic email from my friend Carrie.
It ripped my heart out and struck fear in me like never before. So naturally I thought I'd share it with you below. But be forewarned, your heart may pound frantically while reading her email.
THE HORROR!!! I told you it was a scary email!
You all know my love for and tireless work to see precious little electric blankets everywhere get adopted. Yes, I'm an electric blanket philanthropist. Quite possibly the one and only. Shedding light on the need for electric blankets in our nation to find good caring homes where they can warm the hearts of their adopted family.
What? We all have our thing.
So Carrie. Update us, my friend! Did you take your electric blanket to the hospital (manufacturer) and were they able to treat (fix) it?
I NEED CLOSURE!
It ripped my heart out and struck fear in me like never before. So naturally I thought I'd share it with you below. But be forewarned, your heart may pound frantically while reading her email.
I had a panic attack last night.
Why?
Because my electric blanket is not working!!!!
I can hear your pulse quickening too. Breathe, Stacey, just breathe.
What am I going to do now?? I'm going to have to wait until CHRISTMAS to get a new one. That's right, Christmas, December 25th. Do you know how many cold nights watching TV on the couch I'm going to have to endure?!? That's exactly 41 more nights from now. Oh the agony...oh the suffering...oh the goosebumps. Please put my name on your church prayer chain. How about you have your members sign up for prayer time slots nightly from 8 until 10 p.m.
Hmmm...I just had a thought....if my husband had his way we'd be missionaries in Africa right now and this whole "electric blanket tragedy" wouldn't be an issue. OK, I guess you can forget the prayer chain, but please think of me shivering every night as I sit on my couch. *eyes swelling with tears*
They say you burn more calories when you're cold; just think of how skinny I'll be come December 25th!
Signed your frozen friend,
Carrie
P.S. OK, seriously now, I do need your help -- the light on my controller keeps blinking whenever I turn on the blanket. I've checked the plugs/connectors and can't find anything wrong. Have you ever had this happen to your best friend...uh...I mean your blanket?
THE HORROR!!! I told you it was a scary email!
You all know my love for and tireless work to see precious little electric blankets everywhere get adopted. Yes, I'm an electric blanket philanthropist. Quite possibly the one and only. Shedding light on the need for electric blankets in our nation to find good caring homes where they can warm the hearts of their adopted family.
What? We all have our thing.
So Carrie. Update us, my friend! Did you take your electric blanket to the hospital (manufacturer) and were they able to treat (fix) it?
I NEED CLOSURE!
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Ok, first off it has taken my 30 forevers to comment cuz I couldn't remember my password! (I may have exaggerated a bit)....any way....BLESS HER HEART! I will keep her in my prayers! I hope she doesn't wither away to nothing.....because she's gonna do some MAJOR shivering!!!!
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, it is now toast. I use a heating pad every night. It shuts off after 3 hours. They burn out every 6 months. I keep the box under my bed and return to Walmart to pick up a new one.
ReplyDeletehilarious! Thanks for the laugh....not laughing because of Carrie's pain though, of course. Being cold is a very, very serious thing. (*chuckling*)
ReplyDeleteAs a person who wears two pairs of socks with slippers over top of those socks, and a fleece blankey I carry around from room to room I appreciate the need for panic. I also have a wheat bag that is constantly being reheated in the microwave throughout the day.I need several at bedtime in strategic locations under the covers.This because I live in Calgary, Alberta where the temperature this last week reached -30 with the windchill.
ReplyDelete{ my goosebumps have given birth to goosebumps}
I will be checking back for updates on this crisis, and maybe I will break down and adopt an electric blanket or two myself.
Good grief - this is serious! Stop laughing and get that girl some warmth! I am so like Juanita Rose with my forever chilliness - until...until...until my night sweats kick in and then I throw off all covers, heating pads and socks and heat the room with myself! LOL! I only hope this has a happy ending.
ReplyDeleteHugs, GraceinAZ
We have a heated mattress pad which makes me a happy, happy woman. Whenever we lose power, the light on the controller starts blinking until we unplug it and plug it back in.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to be sure you had tried that.
I most definitely feel your pain; my mattress pad is my best friend other than my husband.
Does she seriously only have ONE electric blanket? What? No back up??? How could this be?!
ReplyDeleteI remember having an electric blanket years ago. My DH is one who tosses the covers in the night. I woke up and the whole blanket was flashing! Needless to say, that was my last one to own.
ReplyDeleteLuckily, in LA, we have very few freezing cold nights. I do use my heating pad a lot to get the chill out because we seldom run the heater at night unless it's down in the teens or low twenties.
I guess if I lived in a colder climate, I'd certainly have to own one!
I thank you all so much for your expressions of sympathy in my time of need. I have great news to report! Thanks to The Lazy Mom's suggestion, I sent the blanket back to the manufacturer (Sunbeam) and they sent me a brand new one! I didn't have a receipt or any proof of purchase but they replaced it, no questions asked. It's a Christmas MIRACLE! I am now toasty warm and back to gaining weight. Lovely. *rolling eyes*
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you ;)
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