Ice Storm 2009

Although not much fun to live through, PP and Nattie decided to make the best of it.

These are the same view during the snow and ice and after it melted that PP took.

I've started to blog at least twice in the last few days and haven't been inspired at all. I went back to work last week but the kids were out all week long. Nat goes back on Monday. Reese will start Tues. The hardest part about going back to work was hearing the criticism about the fact that even though I had well water, I should somehow know how to hook the generator up to the water and therefore have an endless supply at my disposal. After I wept all day over those couple of people that I let hurt my feelings, I explained to one of them that if you wanted to know how to sell insurance, book keeping, nursing, building houses you could ask my family about it. Or if you wanted to be loved to death; you could get that from my family too. But...if you are looking for electricians or plumbers or something of that nature, don't bother looking at the Stivers/Barnhill family. Within one day of this, BB had a friend who is an electrician at our house (well, at our community house) and had the water running. Everyone was so excited. So, now at 12 days, we have tv, water, heat, microwave, a couple lamps, and all the love you could ask for to go around!!!! Today was also a start to the cleanup. While PP, BB and Reese went out to gather the trees, I went to my house and emptied the fridge. Wow, I couldn't believe how dirty it was. I guess if you haven't cleaned it in 8 years that is to be expected. Anyway, I did that and swept the floor and folded some laundry that was left from before the storm and back to MM and PP house I went. As much fun as this has been, I am ready to get back to normal. Hopefully in a few days we will be with power again. I have been trying to gather my thoughts as to what I have learned from all of this or what type of impact it has made on my overall outlook. So, if I ever get that together, I will blog it. Until then...