Things I learned with no power for 40 hours

[Peaches]

I actually have a generator. I've had it since I moved here 3 years ago. It's sitting underneath a lovely wooden box under my deck. I'm more afraid I'll blow something up if I start it up than going w/o power. Wig says I need a man. I really only need a man for few hours a year - getting the generator started would be part of one of those hours Plus they are SO DAMN LOUD. I can hear the one across the lake and the one up the hill when they start theirs up (the generator not the men....though both would be true ).

Every Christmas I ask for a whole house automatic on propane generator. So far, nada

Cleo, I'll check out those lamps. I had a Coleman rechargable one and it lit up a room like crazy, but it stopped taking a charge a few months ago. The gas powered one was the only thing they had left at the Walmart when I went up there and I wasn't in the mood to shop at that point Thankfully it was warm outside so I had the doors and windows open, but it's NOT something I can use in the winter.