Boy o boy did we get some rain yesterday. The gauge on the deck said 4 1/2 inches around 8 am and it was still sprinkling then. Actually the gauge doesn't talk, Ron had to go out and pick it up and read it himself. That would be nice though. Push a button and it "tells" you how much water is in the container.
As an added bonus we got to turn off the air conditioner. Well, actually, "we" didn't turn it off. ComEd did. After a night of thunder and lightening and rain had stopped, the lights went out........and then back on.......and then out.....and then we made a mad dash for the thermostat to turn the air conditioner off before the power surges blew it up. I guess we made it in time since the electricity didn't come back for awhile but we didn't need the artificial cool air.
Ready for this? The people across the street, Carlsons, babysitter told us that she couldn't get the Carlson's children from their sleepover at our old paper girls house cause two transformers blew up in front of her house and no one was allowed out of the house till ComEd got it fixed. Phew !!
The electricity did return just before noon just as I finished reading a book. So we ate lunch, cleaned up and headed to Oakbrook to get Ron a new shaving brush. BTW, the reason we hadn't washed up or brushed our teeth, for those of you who have city utilities, is when we don't have electricity we don't have water. We really need to invest in a gas generator. Not so much for water but to make sure our food stays cold/frozen. Our little area of the world has more than it's share of electricity free days.
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