We're back!!

I felt deprived, like the luxuries of life were gone and would never return!

About 4:30 Sunday morning...the winds were whipping through like crazy, shingles flying, Christmas decorations coming down, the power going out...

Fast forward to 7 Sunday evening...I'm on the phone with DTE, here's how it plays out:
DTE: Thank you for calling DTE, may I have your address
Me: Sure, yadda yadda, can you tell me when my power will be restored
DTE: Sure thing, it looks like we have a crew out working in your area and there are about 31
people left without power, should be up within two hours
Me: 31???!!!! You must mean more like 231, since no one in my neighborhood has power
DTE: Well, we must have gotten a report from the field, looks like there are only 31 left
Me: Okay, well, it doesn't sound right, but I'll keep waiting

Fast forward to 9:30 pm: Still no power, a bunch of the neighbors are running generators, the hum is driving me nuts, it's still about 60 in our house, so we decide to go to bed

Fast Forward, now it's 6:30 Monday morning: It's FREEZING in our house, Daniel has to go to work, I check the thermostat and it says 47 degrees, Katie's still sleeping and I'm still tired so I crawl in bed with her

Again with the fast forward, 8 am now: Katie and I get up and get dressed, go get my sister in law and head out to McDonalds for some warmth & breakfast & some play time for Katie then after that we head over to her house since she has a fire place that we could use to heat atleast part of her house (she lives down the street in the same neighborhood, so she didn't have power either), we call DTE two more times throughout the day, they promise restoration by midnight but we don't get our hopes up

Fast Forward to 7:30 Monday evening: Daniel has just gotten home from work, we're all sitting on the floor in front of the fireplace eating dinner (thank god for gas stoves, atleast we could cook!!), we hear a slight humming, then we notice lights on electonic gizmos, HURRAY!!! THE POWER IS BACK ON!!! 39 VERY cold hours later we have power again and all is well!

During those 39 hours we played every board and card game one could imagine to help pass the time, which is much easier said than done when it gets dark at 6 pm every night, candles can only put off soo much light.

All that having been said, our next major purchase will be a generator. Not a Huge one, but one big enough to atleast run the furnace and keep the fridge and freezer cold, we can live without tv and computers, but a few lights and alarm clocks would have been nice. I'd better start the saving now!