Thursday, December 26, 2013

A Christmas to Remember

I live in Michigan. Usually we avoid the big disasters like tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes. But every once in awhile we get hit with something. This time we got stopped in our tracks by an ice storm that is the biggest in over 25 years.



While it is beautiful, it is also dangerous.

We've lost some branches and the top of a tree.
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But the worse for us, is the loss of power. We've been without power since December 22, so this makes day 5. I'm very grateful for the crews working around the clock to restore power for over 300,000 people, but it is getting old.

A shot from my living room, looking out the front window. LOL!


The bright side, we've been eating at lots of local restaurants and seeing movies. We've seen American Hustle, Saving Mr. Banks and today's movie is The Wolf of Wall Street.


I am very lucky to have a smart husband who said, "We're going to a hotel." Hotel rooms are at a premium so we're sharing a room at the Holiday Inn Express with our daughter who's visiting from Chicago.
Photo taken before the storm, when he was caught being naughty.
We've been checking on the house three times a day, because our dog Boomer is still there. The humane society recommended letting house pets like dogs and cats "shelter in place" rather than disrupting them by taking them to a kennel. Boomer's a bit lonely, but otherwise is fine. He's spending his days on the sofa in the basement. He's usually not allowed to be on the furniture, but it's easier for him to stay warm on a nice sofa. I also made a crockpot full of Italian beef last Friday and he's been having that with his dinner everyday since it will just go bad.

 I hope everyone had a warm and happy Christmas.

Till next time......Happy Stitching

5 comments:

  1. My husband is a sweetheart too and we do the same thing. We live in Indiana and are originally from Michigan ..flushing/Fenton/Montrose. We grew up there. My sister lives in Fenton and there was a lot of ice there too. Love your heart for animals needing shelter.

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  2. We have friends who went to spend Christmas with family in Lansing and are on day 6 of their Winter Camping Trip. Hoping you all get power back soon. Times like this you really can't have too many quilts ;)

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  3. Hope you have power now. My parents had the same thing happen to them several years ago, but, they were vacationing in Williamsburg for the week. It was and 'adventure' for that Christmas.

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