Fun With Ice & Power Outages

Remember my poor pine trees that turned brown and didn't look like they were going to survive? It was just a case of transplant shock and they came around to being the nice winter green I needed. Yay! Hold on. Not so fast with spiking the ball in the end zone! You know the old saying, 'What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger'? Let's hope so:

 

It rained ice all last week in our area. It was so thick that even after a weekend of 50 and 60 degree weather, it's still not totally melted. Don't worry about us, though! We're fine! Sure, we lost our power for awhile but you quickly learn the difference between what you really need and what's just fluff. After a near brush with frostbit fingers, Greg gave me one of the 2 pairs of gloves he was wearing. Lukewarm water and a few sugar packets are fair sustenance when you just laughed at the folks cleaning off the grocery shelves last Monday instead of going yourself. No, I'm just kidding! Actually, we were without power about 15 hours - perfect enough to have a little overnight adventure! Praise the Lord, we have a gas fireplace so (much to the delight of one seven-year-old) we drug in all our bedding, lit a bunch of candles and broke out the boardgames.

 

By 9:00 the next morning, as I was sitting at my hearth with an empty mug wondering what the pioneers did to make coffee, the lights blessedly flickered on. As I was silently thanking the Lord, someone else hollered out across the house, "Oh no!!"

Even though we never lost power again, the Banks Family spent 3 more nights in the hearth room! Like I said, you sorta figure out what's really necessary.