Thanksgiving

Lots of people are doing this thing where they list something they are thankful for every day in November.

Usually at this time of year I do my list of 100 things I'm thankful for

and I might still do that...

but I like this idea so I'm going to do it.

Since my electricity was out I am already behind by FIVE whole days!

So I'm not off to a very good start with the being thankful thing.

My Funny Cousin Emily has this super cute logo deal that she puts up when she does her thankful posts so since I want to be as cool as her I made one of my own.

I totally copied hers.

Hers is cuter.

But, hey, I followed through and made one...

So lets all just be happy about that, ok?

So without further ado my first thankful post:

November 5, 2011

I am thankful for 

Preparedness

The last week without electricity wasn't as bad for me as it was for many other people.

Do you want to know why?

Because my husband has made it a mission to get our family prepared for just such emergencies.

We have a generator, which I used and appreciated very much.

We have a wood stove.  Which kept us toasty warm at night when I wasn't running the generator.

And we have the proper fuel for both of the above items so that I wasn't worried about running out while making fires every day and running the generator for hours a day.

Something I didn't mention online was that my husband was out of town for the entire time that we had no power.

We had friends check in on us and people who care about us.

But I never felt worried or stressed.  

I knew I had the tools necessary to deal with the emergency.

We were prepared.

That was a good feeling.