Have not gotten much accomplished today! Our power went out around noon and didn't return until almost 8 p.m. When I first reported the outage, estimated time of repair was 2 p.m. Then it was 4 p.m. Then it was 6 p.m. Then it was 7 p.m. Finally it was 9 p.m.! It was restored a few minutes before 8 p.m. I'm sure it was a surprise when people got home from work and their garage door openers wouldn't work! When we went out to dinner, it was kind of funny seeing all of the cars parked in the driveways instead of in the garages! We lucked out that today was a sunny day and not too cold. I think we were in the low 40s most of the day but did have a wind chill in the mid 30s. I did have our fireplace going most of the afternoon so we were warm enough. We ended up going out to dinner where our meal was hot and we could actually see what we were eating!
Allie is so exhausted tonight. She didn't do well without power! Our smoke detector that is located outside of our bedroom kept beeping every few minutes. I guess it had to do with the power outage. Every time it would beep, Allie would get so nervous. By the time she would settle back down, it would beep again! I was afraid to take the battery out....thinking it would cause all of the detectors to go off. However, after 4 hours....that is exactly what happened! Austin took Allie outside while I removed the battery. It worked! Quiet! Finally! When our power came back on, the smoke detector started beeping again with the battery out! Good grief! We put a new battery in and so far, it is quiet!
Appreciating electricity tonight and looking forward to doing my dishes, laundry, ironing, vacuuming, etc. tomorrow!
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