Jenerally Speaking

32 hours. That is how long we were without electricity. This was one nasty snowstorm. If I had to guess, there is probably somewhere between 12-15 inches of snow out there. Just as the snow was subsiding, power went out around midnight. We spent yesterday at the mall in Scranton, hoping that the power would be back on by the time we came home. It wasn’t.
Soooo…we ended up spending our evening reading by candlelight, warming our food on top of our kerosene heater, playing electronic (battery-operated) Scattergories, and going to bed extra early because we were tired of waiting for electricity to return.
Around 5AM, power came back on for about 20 seconds. Finally, around 8:30 this morning, the power came on…and stayed on. I just spent my day installing my new 80 gig hard drive (thank you, Santa!), installing The Sims: Unleashed, installing my new photo scanner, and installing my new WinTV device to begin the process of turning my analog video tapes into digital video. Computer nerd, indeed! I had an exceptionally nice Christmas this year….and to be honest, I loved the fact that we had lots and lots of snow for Christmas. The loss of electricity was a tad bit irritating, but it sure does look beautiful out there with all of that snow.