Snow Storm!

We were told that we should expect some snow, but we weren't expecting 10 inches. What we should have been expecting was that our power would shut off. It stayed off from 6 am Wednesday until a little after 6 pm Thursday. This would have been fun enough normally, but it was even more fun since Clark had hand foot and mouth disease. Wednesday afternoon he had bloody ulcers all along his gumline. He also had an infected hangnail (unrelated to hand foot and mouth). We felt fairly well prepared for the power outage, and we did alright.

Sabrina really wanted to go out and play with her friends the first day. I was hesitant since I didn't want her getting all cold when we didn't know how long we might be without heating. We went ahead and bundled her up and let her go out and play. We then used some of our remaining hot water to give her a warm bath so she could be nice and cozy again. We all slept in the same bedroom and it stayed around 66 degrees all night, so we weren't too cold at all. The kids were both very well behaved sleeping in the same room which was a relief. 

The second day without power the house got down around 58 in the mid-morning so we broke out our meager firewood supply (2 logs) and started heating the place up a little. It didn't heat the house up much, but it made us feel warmer cuddled in front of the fire. 

That afternoon our friends the Bunkers were kind enough to let us come over and use their hot water (they had power) to take warm showers and bathe the kids with warm water. We ate out after that and by time we got home the power had just come on. What a fun experience.