Simplicity, chaos, but so much love!

     Ice storm 2011! Wow, what a dosie! Well, we survived! Monday night I stopped by Kroger after work at about 3pm and the only thing they were out of were parking spaces and bananas! Someone on Facebook said it best when they said that it was like Black Friday at the stores! Total craziness! Really, really crowded and everyone was in a state of panic. We got everything we could together at the house in case of a power outage. Sadly, Adam worked Monday and Tuesday nights which left me at home with all the kids greatful to have power at night! The sounds from outside were super creepy though. I kept going to the window to look out as I heard limbs falling and transformers popping! Thankfully, Adam made it home safely each night.
     We lost power Tuesday at 4am and was without for nearly 6 hours. Then lost it again Wednesday morning around 10 am and went all day without it. We only got down to 62 degrees and did not every light the fireplace! Then, power came back on around 4:30pm! Yay, thanks Duke lineman! We quickly cooked dinner just in case it went out again.
     We don't have any tree's down, just a few limbs. The worst thing I can say is the kids are going stir crazy! I was able to deal with the no power thing just fine, but the bored children were another story. At least if it were snow, I could have sent them outside to play in it! And, it's not like they could have friends over because hello...we had no power and we were under a Level 1 Emergency so travel was restricted to emergency personnel only!
     So, no school for 4 days for the kids and no work for me for 2 days. Which means, Greencastle will probably have to go on Presidents day and now another week tacked on at the end of the school year. Which won't apply to us as we are planning a vacation the first week of June. Sorry school, it's already been scheduled!
Nothing else really exciting happening! Adam and Tyler are going to the Pacer's game tonight with the Greencastle Youth Basketball League! Tomorrow, we are hoping to FINALLY tile the kitchen floor. I am so sick of looking at the sub floor! I will try to blog about it...before and after! Little by little we are getting things done. At some point, the house updates will be finished and organized, and this will make me one happy homeowner!
     So, I will leave you with this:
LOL! :) Happy Friday everyone! Enjoy the weekend, enjoy your families....enjoy Life!