I've Never Been So Happy....

... to see a CL&P truck before!  Well, that might be a lie - we've only been without power for three days this time around (and we had a generator to give us running water) whereas last year we were without for almost six days with no generator.  But either way - I was so happy to see this sight on my way into work this morning because I knew power would be coming back soon.  By around 10:25am, I received a call from Grandma letting me knew we had power. YAY!!

The Calm After the Storm

[Disclaimer: Since our power is out - this entry is clearly being written from the future!]

Hurricane Sandy has passed and our power is still out.  No trees fell down onto our property this time around, but as Michael was outside helping our next door neighbors, Mary and Norma with their generator, I went out to take a peek at the damage.  Looking down the road, I noticed a tree had fallen across our road right as you come up the hill and there were downed power lines everywhere.  Michael had seen some downed power lines yesterday, but we never realized it was due to a tree having fallen right in the middle of the road!  Thankfully though that seemed to be the only damage caused by the storm this time around.

After checking out the damage and right before walking back into the house, I took a peek at the sky and noticed the beautiful moon that was still out.  These pictures don't even begin to capture how beautiful it was and just how calm the skies looked after the storm had passed through.

Cupcakes!

As we were waiting for Hurricane Sandy to approach, I decided to bake some cupcakes so we would at least have some yummy treats for when the power went out!

Yummy cupcakes!

AJ wanted one before the power went out!

'Hey AJ, you have a little something on your face!'

Me and my love bug!