Life In The Creek
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Feb. 3, 2009
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Ice Storm in Kentucky January 2009
Well, where do I start? On January 26th, we were told we would be getting an ice storm... ok we were prepared or so we thought. We got through the first night with our power on but we didn't sleep well as tree branches that were covered in heavy ice were falling all around our home and I was terrified that a tree would fall and land on our house... so it was a sleepless night but we were safe and still had power we also learned about many other counties in Kentucky that lost power... entire counties. Tues. January 27 I was very tired from a sleepless night but kinda listened to the news conference that our mayor had regarding the ice storm and the serious damage it had caused over night and how many people were without power, most without any heat, electricity or water add this too the roads that were covered in ice and were impassiable. The estimated time for restoration for power was 7-10 days! *YIKES*
Some counties are without food, water and of course NO POWER.
About 9:30 AM on Tues. our power went out. Well I immediately began to put layers on my daughter and myself... we started school to keep busy and prayed the power would be back on... despite what we knew by looking at the situation outside. There were downed power lines as they were covered in over an inch of ice and dropped because of the weight or tree branches fell and brought them down. So we decided since MIL and FIL had no power either that we would buncker in the for the night. What a night it was FREEZING!
I put Madison in 2 pairs of footie PJ's and I myself had on PJ's and a pair of sweats on. I had every available blanket, quilt and comforter on my bed even our dog was under the covers.
When morning came, we knew that we couldn't spend another day in the house the temp had dropped below the lowest number we could see on the thermostat.
I had planned to go to the library and head to a near by HS mom's house but we were blessed... as I heard from my DH that my inlaws had their power restored! So we headed back to the house to gather our things and head over to where it was nice and warm and plus my MIL is an awesome cook!
God is good all the time even when it is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
After 7 days with no power... we are blessed as our power has been restored late last night (Feb 2 )so my wonderful DH come over to the house to turn the heat back on and turn the water back on (we had to turn that off so that the pipes wouldnt' freeze) It is so good to be HOME!
Although most of the schools were out for the past week (they returned today Tues. 2/3) We were busy getting our school work completed. We will be able to do more hands on learning out of the home come spring! That is at least a bit of motivation to get it done and work diligently. 
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About Me
My tidbits as homeschool my daughter and general "Life In The Creek".
I have 14 yrs. between my children. My 1st blessing, my adult son Z-4/89. My 2nd blessing, my daughter, M-12/02, I am homeschooling 2nd grade this year (2009-2010) and pray that God will grant my hearts desire to continue this journey of homeschooling as this marks my 4th year.. Yes, we started when she was 2.5 to 3 years old, that happens when you have an accelerated learner. |
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