You know the country song "You don't know a good thang, til it's gone"? That's how I feel about electricity right now! Our power went out Tuesday morning. For the first couple hours it was just fine. Our sweet neighbors Sam and Becca invited us over for a hot lunch since they have a gas stove and then more neighbors Terri and Stuart had us over for dinner in front of their fireplace. Then we came home and played SkipBo by candlelight. So everything was going ok at first. But after we had to have a slumber party all night in our living room floor to stay warm and then wake up to no showers... oh, the best part was seeing Jamie (Super Dad of the Year) getting up at 6:30 this morning, scraping ice and snow of the gas grill on the deck and standing out in the dark freezing cold warming up a pan of water for Audrie's bottle... love him! Finally after another full day of no electricity today we finally threw in the towel and gratefully accepted Brandon and Erin's invitation to crash at their house. So we're here, had warm showers, a tasty dinner, the boys are playing video games, Audrie is sleeping and I'm getting my Internet fix. All is well in Cornett world again. I think the official answer from the power company on the ETA of power coming back on is "could be a few hours or a few weeks"... I think we should tell them that same answer when we decide to not pay our next electric bill. Ha! Anyways, we are so blessed for our friends and neighbors who were looking out for us. Hopefully soon I'll be singing a new song "I got the POWER!!". :)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
ice ice baby
You know the country song "You don't know a good thang, til it's gone"? That's how I feel about electricity right now! Our power went out Tuesday morning. For the first couple hours it was just fine. Our sweet neighbors Sam and Becca invited us over for a hot lunch since they have a gas stove and then more neighbors Terri and Stuart had us over for dinner in front of their fireplace. Then we came home and played SkipBo by candlelight. So everything was going ok at first. But after we had to have a slumber party all night in our living room floor to stay warm and then wake up to no showers... oh, the best part was seeing Jamie (Super Dad of the Year) getting up at 6:30 this morning, scraping ice and snow of the gas grill on the deck and standing out in the dark freezing cold warming up a pan of water for Audrie's bottle... love him! Finally after another full day of no electricity today we finally threw in the towel and gratefully accepted Brandon and Erin's invitation to crash at their house. So we're here, had warm showers, a tasty dinner, the boys are playing video games, Audrie is sleeping and I'm getting my Internet fix. All is well in Cornett world again. I think the official answer from the power company on the ETA of power coming back on is "could be a few hours or a few weeks"... I think we should tell them that same answer when we decide to not pay our next electric bill. Ha! Anyways, we are so blessed for our friends and neighbors who were looking out for us. Hopefully soon I'll be singing a new song "I got the POWER!!". :)
