What did you do when the power was out?

I:

• Went sledding.
• Cooked in the fireplace.
• Brought a 200 lb wood-burning stove into the house only to realize I don't know really have the proper supplies (or any idea how) to set it up and then brought it back to the garage.
  
• Filled the first floor of our house with smoke (see above).
• Discovered that my "Zero Degree" sleeping bag should really be called a "40 degrees if you have a sweatshirt and heavy socks on" sleeping bag.
  
• Realized how profoundly electric lights interrupt my circadian rhythms.
  
• Walked the dog at 4:00 am (see above) through deserted streets while pretending I was in a post apocalyptic zombie movie.
  
• Threw out some tuna noodle casserole that was probably still good, but let's face it, no one was ever going to eat that.
• Was thankful for family and friends who watched the dog and the kids and the wife and helped us maintain some semblance of normalcy.

This picture was taken during the "this is kind of fun, good thing we're so well prepared" phase of not having electricity.


This was the perfect excuse to add another internal combustion engine to the roster.