January 31, 2009

Roughing It

We were without electricity for three days due to the ice storm. Several people in our area will be in the dark for three to five weeks. Ouch!

We actually enjoyed the adventure and found out that we have all that we'll ever need -- family. In a quiet house, sitting in the dark, watching Barley's finger shadows on the ceiling made by the flashlight, I looked at the candle lit faces of my family and knew that I was blessed. Okay...so a little later we did run a cord out to the truck's AC/DC converter to power up the laptop to watch some movies. :)

We enjoyed our meals from the wood stove: camp stew, blueberry bread, scrambled eggs, homemade chicken noodle soup, and lots more. It also heated up the bath water nicely, and was perfect for making hot tea!


















Laura and Clay brought in icicles for our iced tea.


















We enjoyed our winter wonderland while it lasted!

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