proggoddess
10-19-2006, 12:05 PM
Update: It is Monday (day 11) and we're still at my parents' house. The power came back on Friday afternoon, however we discovered the flaky power had shorted out our furnace controller board, the microwave, the DVD player and BOTH computers. Probably happened before we woke up and flipped off the main breaker. I hope we can get the furnace fixed today so we can go home! (And then we are buying a whole-house surge protector!)
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We're in Buffalo, where that severe snow storm hit last week (to the day). We're camped out at my parents' house where they have a generator. While I am grateful that we are safe and have food and heat and (some) light, it's still such an inconvenience!
I miss my king size bed. We're on the floor in a double fold-out sofa. Everyone has to turn off the lights and stop talking at 8:30pm because DD won't fall asleep in the living room otherwise. DS isn't napping because he's not used to sleeping in his playpen in a new house. DD is also regressing in her toilet training because my parents make such a big deal out of her messes.
It's getting a bit crowded with 4 adults and 2 kids in one house. And I'm not looking forward to stopping off at our house to fire up the generator and run the sump pump tonight. We've shelled out big bucks for the generator and to get our electrical main fixed. And we'll shell out some more to have the tree guys come in and prune all the broken limbs that haven't fallen to the ground.
On the plus side, there were power crews out in our neighborhood yesterday. Maybe the end is in sight.
*sigh* Just had to get that off my chest!
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We're in Buffalo, where that severe snow storm hit last week (to the day). We're camped out at my parents' house where they have a generator. While I am grateful that we are safe and have food and heat and (some) light, it's still such an inconvenience!
I miss my king size bed. We're on the floor in a double fold-out sofa. Everyone has to turn off the lights and stop talking at 8:30pm because DD won't fall asleep in the living room otherwise. DS isn't napping because he's not used to sleeping in his playpen in a new house. DD is also regressing in her toilet training because my parents make such a big deal out of her messes.
It's getting a bit crowded with 4 adults and 2 kids in one house. And I'm not looking forward to stopping off at our house to fire up the generator and run the sump pump tonight. We've shelled out big bucks for the generator and to get our electrical main fixed. And we'll shell out some more to have the tree guys come in and prune all the broken limbs that haven't fallen to the ground.
On the plus side, there were power crews out in our neighborhood yesterday. Maybe the end is in sight.
*sigh* Just had to get that off my chest!