A Laugh a Minute Up Here!

Hey, we weren't cheerful enough, ALREADY, when suddenly, last night, the power went out.

And the phone.

And the Internet.

And half of our candles.

And the HEAT.

(Heat going out--best part--it's fun to worry about all the water pipes that might explode, as you feel the inside of the uninsulated SUMMER house converting in fractions of seconds to an Arctic tundra). And outside, it was about 5 degrees with wind about 60 mph. And the whole family and all the dogs sitting in a pitch-dark house the size of a postage stamp.

Oh, yes, I MIGHT have been in my Arctic tent, being happy about it all, but nooooooooooooooo. The CHILDREN thought the tent was FOOLISH, saw no humor in it whatsoever, and made me take it down several days ago.

Yeppers. No Arctic tent, after all that time of being ready.

The only thing that WOULDN'T go out was the entire collection of DOGS! Yeah. The roaring of the wind and the snow piled against the frosted-over doors SCARED them--but not to worry: they just used the rug instead. That was pleasant. To discover. In the pitch dark.

A great holiday memory, altogether. Oh, wait. No, actually....it wasn't!

Here's to 2011, and putting houses on the market, and moving to Costa Rica.