Power Outage

1.  Started the day with soccer.  Another chilly, windy day on the field, but at least Lola played.  Rich then took her to make up this week's swim class.  I cleaned up, Grace was intently working on art all day.  We went to lunch at Moe's.  Good coupons in the Clipper.  Then went to Coldstone's with coupons from the newspaper.  Oh, eating so well this weekend!  Raced back to get Grace to yoga.  Power out due to a tree that fell on the line down the street.  Lines were smoking!  Rich took her to yoga and said he'd go to the grocery for food for a cookout.  Relaxed with Lola and read some stories.  Power came up about three hours later.

2.  Rich used the new grill for the first time.  He did an exceptional job of cooking his burger, Grace's hot dog and my chicken kabob.  We ate out on our patio for the first time this season.  I had planted some flowers with Lola's help today.  It was a pleasant dinner-that I didn't have to plan, shop for, our cook!  I did have to clean up, though.

3.  We settled down to watch a movie after the kids were in bed.  All of a sudden the power goes out again and it's pitch black.  Grace was apparently still up by the screaming we heard from her room.  We walked up as quickly as we could get there and then did a flashlight search.  We definitely found ourselves unprepared for this and will get more flashlights and place them strategically for the next outage.  Seems to happen around here a lot!  Amazingly, Lola slept right through the screaming.  Must have been all the exercise!