FORTUNATELY we have a gas stove, gas fireplace, gas water heater and gas grill so we were doing a lot better than some people. The coldest the thermostat said was 59. However, it is right next to the living room where the fireplace is and I KNOW it was colder than that in our bedroom and bathroom!
Also, fortunately we don't have any big trees in our neighborhood. We complain a lot because of the lack of "mature" trees. However, this is definitely one time when it is a plus that we live in a new neighborhood. There are trees in a ravine in between the 2 phases of our neighborhood. They do have powerlines near them, but I don't think any houses are close enough to be damaged by falling branches! It was kind of scary, you could just hear the branches breaking and falling off...shew!!
We made a pallet in the floor in front of the fireplace and pretty much camped out there! We also moved Emily's table and chairs in there so she could color and everything where it was warm! She actually ended up sleeping in her crib last night. We left her door open and put 2 extra blankets on the bed and when she woke up she was nice and toasty warm! Charles slept in the living room and manned the fire all night and I slept in our bedroom and woke up every hour as usual....one of the joys of pregnancy!
Emily loved the "snow". I don't think she ever understood that it was ice, except for the fact that Charles would take her Ice Skating ;) They would go out on the front porch and he would hold her hands and she would just slip and slide around....she just giggled and laughed!
We had grilled Pop Tarts for breakfast this morning. That worked pretty good! We used the backporch as our refrigerator/freezer! It worked REALLY well. We had nice cold milk this morning....not frozen! Charles made a Wal-Mart run this afternoon for "necessities" (including M&M's, Red Hots, Diet Cokes and the ingredients for No Bake Cookies). He waited in line at least an hour just to check out! He said it was CRAZY! I told him, now that he did that we would get power....sure enough 5 hours later it was on!
Ice skating...whee!!!! (Yes, she is wearing Elmo houseshoes, her Sleeping Beauty dress-up dress and her Sunday coat and hat :)
Our "refrigerator"
Grilled Pop Tarts...yum!
Icicles
Our bushes out front
The "whirly birds" as Charles calls them.
Ice on the fence
On the trees
On Emily's swingset
More on Emily's swingset
The trees in between Phase I and Phase II of our neighborhood
My tree in the front yard on Tuesday :(
Emily posing by my poor little tree Wednesday :(
Isn't she cute :)
2 comments:
Lucky you, getting your power back on Wednesday! Ours didn't come back on until Thursday evening. We, too, are saying prayers of thanks for our gas fireplace and gas hot water! We would have had to go to a hotel without the fireplace (if we could have found a room). I know there are lots of people who still don't have power, though, and some who got it back and then lost it again! I'm praying ours stays on! :)
Ya'll really know how to "rough it" in style. I would have done anything for a gas stove and gas water heater! At least we have a gas fireplace to keep warm;-)
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