Lights Out

For some reason we had a power outage today (Saturday night as I write this). Who knows why; they seem fairly prevalent here, but usually its when there's wind which knocks down branches on the lines. No wind today--it must have been a now barbecued squirrel. We came back from a walk behind our house to see the ducks, turtles and frogs in the ponds, and when we returned our neighbour that it had been out for about an hour. That was around 4pm. The boys were hungry so we had some cheese and crackers. Then, taking advantage of the warm weather today, we washed the car (I think our neighbour was beside himself with happiness that it finally happened again). We spent time talking with the neighbours & the boys played with the kids from the cul-de-sac. Then it was bath time (they seemed to get dirtier washing the car)--Beth took them to the tub while I got a fire going in the fireplace upon which we roasted hot dogs. We did story time in front of the fireplace, too (after some roasted marshmallows). After the boys were in bed, Beth and I spent some time on the front porch, playing Othello by candlelight. Beth just returned from running our freezer goods over to a friend's house (we're told it might not be until 11am tomorrow that it's back on--which is dumb, because it's just a minute area that doesn't have power) since the ice cream was a bit soupy already.

It's sad that sometimes it takes a power outage for us to spend time with the neighbours (one of the girls a few doors over said, "We should have an all-townhouse barbecue tonight!"), to enjoy the stars, to get the candles going and to have some simple fun playing board games and talking. Thank God for fried squirrels, I guess.