Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful...

But inside it's so delightful....because we have our own generator.

Yes, the day we're been waiting for, Hydro One's first "planned" power outage since we had the natural gas generator installed. They always do this maintenance work on a Sunday and for the second year in a row, they managed to schedule it on the same Sunday as the Sunday School Christmas pageant (coincidence or not?). It was also the coldest day of the year to date. We woke up at 6:30 to the sound of the generator kicking in and arrived at Sunday School having had a hot breakfast and showers, unlike the majority of the congregation. They had arranged for a portable generator so the pageant and potluck went ahead as per schedule, for which everyone was really thankful.

The outage that was to last until 10:00 stretched all day and into the evening. Eventually our phone lines went out as well. It wasn't until around 8:00 p.m. that power was restored. Unlike a lot of our neighbours, we managed beautifully - even if the installers forgot to hook up the lights in the kitchen. We lit some candles, plugged in a reading lamp and toasted the adventure with some champagne.