Lights! Heat! Yay!

Power finally came back on yesterday afternoon. It was inconvenient, but at least it didn't last thru Xmas, as originally feared.

We actually only spent one night in the house, but that was enough (40 degrees -- we dressed in layers of jammies and covered ourselves in blankets).

The next day I built a little firepit in the back yard and we cooked chili and hot dogs because we were tired of cold food. A couple days later I realized that approx. eight feet from the firepit I built was our gas BBQ, with full propane tanks...

Anyway, all's well that ends well. I'm out about $400 for hotels and I lost all the meat in the freezer. But at least I don't have cancer (that I know of) and no one is bombing my village...