A day without power........

Happy Valentine's Day! Here in Maryland, we got 9 1/2 inches of snow in my region. It was beautiful. Until Sunday afternoon at 3:45 p.m. Our power went out. We did have a generator, and about 3 small heaters, but the house got down to a temperature of 45 degrees, and by Monday evening, the hot water ran out. Our home is all electric. So, trying to keep my house warm, kids entertained, as the schools were closed....it was fun. I thought of the prospect of having to do dishes by hand. ugh. I felt like an amish person. My youngest kept begging me to hook our downstairs big screen to the generator.....but we had no cable. Where I live, even with an antenna, you don't get that great of a picture. You either need cable, Direct TV, satellite. The cable did eventually come back on, and so did the power........ at first, on Monday at about 7:40, the power came on and so did all the smoke detectors. I'm running through the house thinking What candle fell over? Two of our bathrooms have no windows, so I had to keep candles inside each one. Everything was o.k., but I was thanking God for electricity. The fact I could keep my blog up, try to be creative, and check my email. What are YOUR plans for Valentine's day?