Christmas

 Well, that was a Christmas never to be forgotten! 

We lost power on Friday morning and it didn't come back on until Monday night!

It was a good test to see how prepared we actually were and I am pleased to say that we were more prepared that I thought. 

Because we have the wood stove that also has an oven in it, we were able to still prepare all of our food for those days. 

We made all of our Christmas dinner on it and in it. We had two kinds of lasagna and they were cooked perfectly. 

We also had some garlic bread. 

Over the course of the three days, we made brownies, bread, and chicken wings. 

It was nice to see we had that under control. 

We did notice quickly the places that we had holes. 

First of all was water supply. 

Without power, we have no water.

However, this summer we bought a hand pump for the well, it just didn't get installed.

So we will be doing that as soon as the snow melts. 

The other thing was that we bought a generator, but it also didn't get hooked up to the house.

That will be happening as well. 

The last thing that actually was a problem was that a windstorm came through Alaska, just like last year, and it caused major drifts everywhere. 

Our driveway actually disappeared and our plow guys plow broke. 

The Hobbs were able to dig us out but it took 5 hours for them to do it. 

I am so grateful for that. 

Because of their service to us, our kids were able to come and have Christmas with us. 

It was craziness, but it is a Christmas we will never forget!