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Back to the real world


MargaretMary

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[/b] Hey, we have lights ! I can even flush the toilet! YEA!!!!! The kids can watch some TV and I can cook and clean. :( Just kidding, I am glad to be back to the real world here. The freezing rain hit us hard here and took down many trees and a lot of people are still without power. The temperature is so cold and it is hard on many.

 

'We all slept in the livingroom to keep warm the last two nights. We tried to make it like a campout for the kids and I think they enjoyed it most of the time. Roasted marshmallows over a candle just aren't the same though. :big_grin: Thank God we have the woodstove or we all would have frost bite by now. The blower would not work but it sent out heat, and we huddled around it.

 

My brother loaned us his generator for Mom and Dads house. They at least had their furnace going. Mom can't take the cold at all since her cancer surgery, and they are both old anyhow. This kind of weather is hard especially on the old and the very young. I had to laugh at dad though, when the power came back on, he sat at the table and didn't move much. I went in to see how they were doing, (the power had been back for almost an hour by this time) and he said, "I will be glad when I can watch TV again." I asked if there was something wrong with it and he said "No, just need power to run it." He didn't realize the power had been back on. :happydance: He's happy now.

 

I think it is time to go and take a nice long, HOT shower, everyone is in bed and that sounds sooo good right now.

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MM,

 

How long were you without power? It is SO cold here!!!!!!! Michigan got hard hit with power outages. And can you image being those power guys who had to work outside on the downed lines!??

 

The worst we've had it is all our doors got froze shut and I had to use an electric heater on them to get them open...probably have to do it again in the morning.

 

Jean

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