Hey all!<\/p>\n
It’s a beautiful sunshiny morning here in Mass. We had some wild wind yesterday, but we’re fine.<\/p>\n
Yesterday morning we’d had our showers, made the coffee and had just turned off the TV after watching some of the footage from points south, when the power went out. This was about 9:30.<\/p>\n
We spent the day reading, working on projects (I cut out a skirt and yet another knit top), napping (that wind really lulls you to sleep) and trying to open the fridge as little as possible. (Did you know that toasting a piece of bread with a lighter doesn’t really work all that well?)<\/p>\n
At about 7:30 p.m., just as I was lighting the oil lamps and candles so I could continue to read, the power came back on. Just in time for Sunday night football. Yay!<\/p>\n
The biggest problem we have in New England with storms like this are downed trees. They fall on power lines, houses, cars and passersby.\u00a0 The best case is if they only fall into the street, blocking traffic.\u00a0 I couldn’t find a photo of it, but the next town over from me a tree split a house in half. By God’s grace, the residents were fine.<\/p>\n
Other parts of New England were not so fortunate.\u00a0 There has been severe flooding and a few deaths.\u00a0 We’re thankful that the storm weakened, rather than strengthened, as it made its way north.\u00a0\u00a0We’ll continue to trust that God, in his providence, is in control of all things, great and small.<\/p>\n
So, today we just have to put away all the supplies we don’t need, take our patio furniture back out and thank the good Lord that all is well with our family.<\/p>\n
Thank you all so much for your prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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