Just when I think I am getting organized.

Unless you have a battery operated crockpot that I don't think exists, I think your supper is going to be late.

I've never head of planned outage..does it happen often? What is the purpose?

Sorry that your power went out.

It is so easy to do this. My thought is usually 'I can't do anything else, I might as well do the ironing'. Double duh!

It is a shame crock pots don't work without power, lol.

A planned outage aye. So does that mean they will fix the issues with the unplanned outages. I think in my area they need to replace old stuff.

That's a good point: a gallon seems out of place in Canada.

I thought power cuts were only here in India. We have a home UPS that takes care of our computer, tv, lights and fans when the power is out.

That is nice they informed you the time of the outrage. Hopefully it'll be done sooner.

You really are organized because you already have a plan in case the power outage comes . I am also like you .

Sorry to laugh but that sounds like something I'd do

Wow, I've never had to deal with a planned power outage. In the US, the power only goes out if there is a storm or an accident. We are spoiled!

its a pain anytime they have to take away a service you use. I don't know about you but I swear its like when you have something easy access its no big deal take that away and then suddenly its like you can't live without it you have to use it.

Your post is a reminder that I should feel so happy we haven't had power outages in a good few months now. We were having them all the time for a long time, every day, two hours a day, and sometimes two sessions of that a day. If we were lucky, there'd be a few days break, and then it would start again. This was the whole of South Africa, not just in my town. There were stage one (only one outage that day) and stage two schedules, and we'd have to look in the newspaper or online to see which stage was scheduled for that day, but sometimes they'd suddenly change it at the last minute and we'd often be "in the dark" as to what to expect next. It was pretty awful, but was necessary to help prevent total blackout. I hope those times are over for good!

Power interruption is something I really, really hate.

So sorry to hear this. It is a pain for certain.

Scheduled or not the power outages suck big time It impedes the things you want to do and you want to do them even more when you know you can't

Ha ha ha ha , I know how you feel I've done that too many times myself.

It sounds like you scheduled things very carefully ... except for the crock pot, of course!

Smart move to plan your day to minimize the discomfort during the power outage. I would do the same. I love using the crock pot to cook stews.