What a week it has been!!!! The hum of generators could be heard for miles around. We survived our first power outage that lasted from 1:30 Monday morning until Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. We had lost all our snow and had temps near 50, but Mother Nature was not yet finished with winter. Our area got hit with LOTS of ice, which is not good for power lines!! When we got up Monday morning it was pretty cold already in the house and no power had Nate wishing he had already hooked up the generator that was generously given to us by his dad and step-mom. While trying to figure out what we would do after Nate called Consumers and was told that power would not be restored until Wednesday evening his mom and step-dad showed up. They had been out checking the damage and let us know that they too did not have power, but with the generator they had heat. So we packed up the kids and that is where we (the kids and I) stayed until Wednesday. Nate and his dad worked to get our generator hooked up, but bad news was in store. The generator was large enough to run everything in our house except our furnace, so that meant no heat for who knows how long. I called my dad to see if he might have any leads on a bigger generator. Yes, my uncle had one that he was not using, our hopes raised again. We met my dad at his house only to find the garage door lock to be filled with ice. My uncle also did not have power so we had fun trying to heat the lock/key to get into the garage in the dark. Finally success, we kept our fingers crossed as we approached the generator in the corner of the garage. Our hopes were crushed again, it was bigger, but not big enough. So Nate and I then headed for Menards to pick up some electric heaters, he was worried about pipes freezing. We made it with about 10 minutes until they closed. Nate stayed at our house with the dog, poor guys the house got down to about 48 degrees at night. Nate spent the next day trying to find a bigger generator no luck and the restoration of power kept getting pushed further out, now we were being told Friday at 11 p.m. So we had settled in for the long haul. The kids enjoyed spending the night with nana and papa, but by the end were ready to get home to sleep in their own beds. The ice is finally starting to melt and by Sunday it is suppose to be near 50 again, crazy weather!! We are just glad the power came back quicker than estimated and to be getting back to some sort of normal. Hopefully I have school next week, most schools in the county missed all week of school.
Sutton's quote during the power outage: I went to the closet to get clothes for the boys and Sutton turned the light switch on. I told him that the lights would not come on because we had no power. His response "I guess we need to change the batteries".
