It's the night before the next forecasted snow event.  For the past week, we have had snow, freezing rain, snow and then cold to keep it that way.  At about 9:30 last Tuesday, the ice finally broke the electrical connections between our house and the power plant.   We were in for 28 hours of chilly survival.  It was actually quite enjoyable for my wife and me.  We had a true 3 dog night, but then we do that every night with our three chocolate labs.  No they don't sleep with us, but they are comfortably housed in their crates.  Meanwhile back a the chilly bedroom, we gathered an extra blanket, and threw an afgan across our feet, and soon discovered that we were too hot.   Oh, well.. 

On Wednesday morning, we fired up the kerosene heater again, and within a few moments, the house started to recover from its overnight chill.   By 10, Gale had headed for her job with KY Farm Bureau Insurance.   She would later tell me how this storm had hit nearly 60 of the state's 120 counties.  It was obviously going to be a true disaster.  Trees on cars and in houses, livestock losses due to lack of necessary ventilation, and of course ice-related traffic accidents.

We were lucky as the power was restored to our home and the real estate office in LaGrange by late afternoon on Wednesday. It would take until nearly 5pm Friday to get the power back to our office in Crestwood, but with kerosene heaters in the basement, no damage. 

By Saturday, we were back to remodeling the office in LaGrange.  It is finally beginning to show just how beautiful it will be.  The storm actually had helped us as it allowed the new polyurethane coatings on the beautiful hardwood to season and become hard and durable.  

Oh, well, another storm?  Maybe...