What a Night!!

Yesterday afternoon the sleet and freezing rain came in around noon, before that it was just raining, lots of rain. and as the day went on the temps dropped. The day before it was 73 degrees and they said we had a winter storm watch in 24 hours, they were right!

At 2:30 my boss told me and the rest of our group to head home. Call in this morning and see if work was cancelled or not and we would go from there. My usual drive of 30 minutes took over an hour and a half, because no one was travelling over 30 mph, no one could, it was too darned slippery. When I got home, much to Keepers joy since I was safe and not in a ditch somewhere, I put on a pot of chili and we settled in. As the evening wore on the sleet continued to pummel the windows. They were predicting sleet, then snow, up to 8 or 9 inches!!! Yikes!!!

Around 11 pm when the news was finally going off it happened, our electricity went out, once, then back on, then off again, then a try to come on but....you guessed it, no such luck. So there we were, no electricity, temp in the 20's and sleet still coming down like crazy. With some trepidation we headed for bed, try to get some sleep and stay as warm as we could.

Well when I got up this morning it was COLD! Keepers checked the thermostat and it only goes down to 50, so we have no idea what it was. Just know it was cold! Little keepers were very cold, it reminded them of when they were at home with mom and dad and the bills didn't get paid and there was no heat. I had to get them somewhere to get warm. We went to Starbucks for some hot coffee and a blueberry muffin and then we headed to a shopping cneter to use an indoor phone so I could call work and my boss.

While I called in they went to the Old Navy store and bought 3 warm pair of fleece pants!!! Littles were very cold still and defending against the cold the best way they could. We decided to head home, shut off the water to prevent any bursting water pipes later, then would look for a motel. That was because there were over 500,000 homes and businesses without power and an estimate of 2-5 days for power restored!!!

Across the street, they never lost their power, different power grid or whatever, happens every time. But...as we drove down our street I looked at our side and the furnace vents were signalling power was back, cautiously I watched as did Keepers and then we got to our house, it was the same...Power was back!!!!!!!!

It's been over 5 hours now, the house is warm again, the pc is up and running and the blog is going up. Supper is in the oven cooking and the cats are lounging about. All is well once again at Keepers Korner.

As we drove down the street, we were both praying that when we got home the power would have been restored, and I do mean serious praying. For several weeks we have praying for a friend of ours in the UK whose brother in law had a cancer operation but was awaiting word on whether or not they got it all, both prayers were answered positively and we thank God for that.

Never underestimate the power in a silent word to on high.

peace and blessings to all of you

john michael and keepers