Thursday, April 26, 2012

About 1:00 this morning, the generator went off.  Joe went out to see what the problem was.  The oil warning light switch had burned out causing the generator to think that it was out of oil; so, it shut down.  Joe was able to bypass that switch somehow and turn the generator back on.  Our power came back on about 4:30 this afternoon.  They still did not fix the downed lines, but our house was on the other side of the downed lines.  When the power came back on, everything inside the house was okay; the power in the guest room is not coming on.  Something must have burned up with the high voltage.  About 8:00 this evening, the power went off again.  When we called the power company, they said, "Unless tomorrow," meaning that the power would be off all night.  Thankfully they were wrong; it came back on about an hour later.  

Joe spent most of the day in town getting things together for our residents' visas.  He picked up the paperwork and talked to the people at the Immigrations office for a little while.  Then, he had to try to get a "health report."  He will have to wait until Monday to get that.  The paperwork has to be turned in no later than Wednesday.

I watched the kids swim this morning.  Then, I worked on shortening curtains and cutting out some others.  I couldn't do any actual sewing since the power was off.  But, I have a big stack of things that are now ready to sew.

The kids wanted to make hats today.  Gilbert wanted a Pilgrim hat.  Danny wanted a Paul Revere hat and an Indian hat, and Bonnie wanted a princess hat.  Gilbert decided to paint his hat.  The other two colored theirs.  

The kids and I all took a good nap this afternoon.  Everyone was tired after being outside this morning.  

Tonight during supper, we were talking about different vehicles.  The boys were talking about the car that we had in Texas.  Joe told them that we sold that car.  When Gilbert asked why, Bonnie said, "These things happen sometimes, Gilbert."  What great wisdom from a three-year-old!  : )  Gilbert was not impressed.

When the power went off again this evening, the kids all needed glow sticks.  They all connected a couple sticks together to make swords.  Then, they used them to divide up spaces on the floor.

Gilbert has a bag of shiny rocks.  Today, he and Danny were playing pool with the rocks and the stick of their bow and arrow.  When Gilbert heard me telling Joe about it this evening, he had to get them out again to show Dad.  He just used a stick this time.  

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie