Last night I washed all the blankets so they would smell great and be clean if we needed them. I then cleaned out the fireplace and stacked wood by the back door. 

During the ice storm of 07 I still had a gas stove that worked and I put a flat stone in the middle of the living room, then heated my big cast iron skillet. The skillet would stay warm on the rock for an hour and put out a lot of heat. It wasn't the most effective way to heat the living room, but it really helped.