No power?!

When Carter and I returned home from school yesterday we had no electricity. With 50 mile an hour wind gusts, a power line must have went down. I wasn't that concerned at the time, since it was still daylight. As the night progressed and we still had no power the evening got pretty entertaining. Carter thought it was the neatest thing..... we pretended we were camping. We turned the fireplace on, built a tent and snuggled in our sleeping bags. Dinner was a challenge - I mean what does one do without her microwave?!?! LOL. We ended up having cereal and a bagel in front of the warm fireplace. Every night before bed we watch a 30 minute show on Noggin - well, with no electricity we couldn't do that. Carter wasn't sure how to handle that. Luckily, a few years ago Granddaddy was smart enough to buy us a mini generator. So, we plugged up our portable DVD player, stuck in Bob the Builder and Carter was as happy as pie!

You can't really tell in the pictures, but we are hanging out in the dark with only the fireplace and a few candles for light.

Just when Josh and I were calling it a night (around 10pm) the power came back on. Thank goodness, it was getting pretty cold upstairs!!