Ice Storm Monday Status (12/22/08)

Boy is this getting old. On Friday we got 10 inches of snow, on Saturday we got 2 inches of snow and on Sunday it snowed another 10 inches. We still have no power, the power company Unitil was replaced by National Grid on Saturday and then we finally saw power repair trucks. Today makes 11 days without power. We may have power by Christmas. (If no power by Christmas I will need some more D batteries.)

We have a generator, which makes things better. We have heat, hot water, and the refrigerator is running. We have phone, Internet and cable. We have the TV and a couple of lights that work off of the generator. The only down side is that the generator only runs for 2 1/2 hours before it needs to be refilled with gas and we walk around the house at night with an assortment of flashlights.

I was starting to build Linda's Christmas present (two tables). I have the tables all built and I just need to sand and stain them, but we haven't had power or time to finish them. When I got the wood for the tables, the owner of the wood store wanted to know if I needed the tables for Christmas, or were they Christmas presents. Looks like the Christmas presents won't be ready for Christmas.