No Electricity!

Yesterday, our electricity went out for about 8 hours. (Just our block - I guess there was a faulty transformer). I can handle a few hours with no electricity, but after a while it wore out its welcome. I couldn't do laundry AND I couldn't make a hot supper AND I couldn't use our phone ( I don't have a cell phone.) Plus, I didn't have many candles. I just wasn't prepared for a power outage. After getting some pizza from Round Table and after playing some games of Hide and Seek, we still had a good hour before it was time to get ready for bed. So we decided to go to Walmart to walk around. We couldn't buy anything because we didn't have any extra money in our budget, so we just walked around.

As annoying as it was that we didn't have electricity (I couldn't watch my American Idol - I missed all the perfomances!) It actually was a needed distraction in our life. We wouldn't have done those things if the power had been on. Usually when the family plays Hide and Seek - I don't play. We don't usually go to Walmart as a family - even though we couldn't buy much, it was fun just to be out. AND don't I love not having to make the meal - that was a plus.

That just makes me think about one of my favorite church songs from my childhood - Count Your Blessings. I am truly blessed.

Prayer Request

I have many things that are requiring my attention lately and I am feeling overwhelmed by them. So much so that I keep putting them off and they just need to get done. Besides that, we are going to probably have to move and I am not sure how it is going to work out. Last night, my youngest was not sleeping well - crying no matter what I did. After I got him to sleep, I just laid there thinking of all the things that need to be done and then the fact that I don't know where we would move to if we have to move - the owners of the house that we are renting from have been looking at selling the house. We would love to be able to buy, but we have obstacles in our way - I just don't see how we could. Housing cost in CA is crazy! When we first moved to CA, we lived in an apartment, but it got too crowded. Finding this house to rent, that was in a decent neighborhood with a park and good school close by and in our price range was a great blessing. (it wasn't a beautiful house, but it worked for us.) We have lived here for a year and a half. I am asking for your prayers. Help me get my mind focused to get done what needs to get done and when we have to move out, that we will find what we need. Thank you!