We Have Power!!

Yesterday afternoon, our lights turned back on! Oh how excited and grateful we were to have power again. We all kept flipping on light switches last night, so excited to be able to see the light bulb flicker on. I myself couldn't help but smile each time I would turn on a light!! This morning when my alarm went off, in my mind I was thinking that I had to go add gas to the generator and I kept tallying in my mind, which appliances I could use, and which ones I couldn't because I didn't want to go over 2000 watts and blow the generator. Then, I remembered...OH, I HAVE POWER NOW!! Talk about relief washing over me. I am just so happy to be in a/c again, and able to run the washer and dryer at the same time, to turn on the disposal and run the dishwasher! 13 days with no power and 7 people, that was a lot of dishes to wash by hand and laundry to watch pile up.

This whole outage made all of us more grateful for electricity and the easy life we enjoy. I am sure my great grandmothers who didn't have such home conveniences would laugh at how easy I have it today. The last 13 days definitely made me learn to suck it up and be more grateful. It also taught me that I am grateful for a prophet who encouraged us to have a food and water storage. I also learned that we were quite prepared in this area, and we did pretty well. I am proud of my family, they all just rolled with the punches. Way to go girls! Now, all I need to do is restock food storage and prepare for the next hurricane or whatever it is that is thrown our way.

Now, it feels so nice to just get back to life! I am going to clean my house from top to bottom today. It just feels sticky! I guess that's what happens when there is no a/c and we are all just "camping" in the house for one day shy of two weeks and not able to run the vacuums! :O)

Below, you find pictures and videos we took of the power company fixing the lines and poles. They were across the street, so we took pics through the twins telescope. We researched the logo on the hats and learned the company they work for is in North Carolina and Florida. So, to whoever these guys (and one woman!) were, THANK YOU!!!


Workers on top of pole restringing the lines!


They had two scoop buckets and one person on the pole to reconnect 4 lines to 4 poles.


"Look at the Power People!"


Anxiously waiting for a/c and power!


Our HERO'S!!
These are the pics we took through the telescope. Click on them to enlarge.






LOOK IT IS SPINNING AGAIN! Ron said this was the first time he has ever been grateful to see the electricity meter spinning!


New wires and poles attached!


Finished product!