A Big High-Five to Ben Franklin

I am quite a fan of POWER......and by POWER, I mean ELECTRICITY. It is incredible to think of how many of the things that we do every day require electricity. I was reminded of the "don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" idea.

Yesterday my power went out around noon and since I slept in and had only been up for about an hour, I hadn't really accomplished much other than eating breakfast. The first estimation by Rocky Mountain Power was that power should be restored by 5pm. Then it was updated to midnight and right before I went to bed, they were now saying 3am. Although power was restored somewhere between 12:30-1:00am it pretty much ruined the productivity of my day. Although I did take a bath by candlelight while I still had some hot water, I didn't even attempt to do my hair since there were no lights, blowdryers, curling/straightening irons, etc. Even with my windows open, because of the gloomy, snowy, overcast conditions outside, it was pretty dark inside my house.

Because almost everything on my "to-do" list for my Saturday required some power, I decided to "use those lemons to make some lemonade" (although I really don't like lemonade.....you get where I'm going with this). I turned on my gas fireplace and curled up in a blanket with a book and a flashlight. I pretty much read the whole day (and into the evening) and then just went to bed early. Although it wasn't very productive, it was a pretty fun day. Little House on the Prairie style.