we had forecast of snow and storm warning for today and it did snow last night enough to take the power out for a few hours from trees on the wires someplace. we were the only place that didn't have power my brother said (we call him to look and give us an idea of when they might have the power back on).
the power did come back on right when i had finished up breakfast (we use a can of chicken soup in the propane fireplace to warm up and then i can use the empty can to heat water for coffee and hot chocolate after we eat the soup).
as usual we had turned the heat down to 65F overnight and didn't even think about how cold it would be if the power went out but we got the propane fireplace going and that will keep us warm enough - it will run without any electricity at all.
as much as i don't like the propane fireplace at least it does keep us from being i danger of freezing and gives us a chance to get some hot food and drinks, but it is a pain to get going (we don't use it often enough that i remember how to get it lit
but today i figured out the problem i'm having is that the knob has to be turned to a position that isn't marked or that lines up with the markers, so that's the problem i'm having, hopefully i'll remember this for next time (i should get some red nail polish on there and mark it).
