Tonight, seconds after supper was cooked and the kids and I sat down to eat, the power went off in the house. Bram screamed, instantly scared of the dark. I sat there and tried to remember where I had put the flash light the last time we had a big wind storm and I thought the power was going to go out. I couldn’t see a thing and it dawned on me that the laptop would provide a small light source. Sure enough, I grabbed it off the table turned it on and voila, instant light. I managed to light some candles (never did find the flashlight) and we ate a nice candle lit dinner. So we can add handy light source during power outages to my previous list;)

I worked until 4 am on Fri. night (Sat. morning). I don’t recommend that, particulary when you have a 9 year old and a 4 year old. They keep knocking on your door in the morning saying things like “Mom, can we have some yogurt?”"Can I use the computer?” or like Bram did with “Mom, I need a band-aid because my foot is bleeding really badly and there’s blood”. Which got me out of bed pretty quick, only to discover I’d probably need a microscope to see any blood on his foot. Guess he’s not dense, he knew what would get me up;)