And we're back in the game!

*bonus points if you know what movie featuring a certain recently deceased actor my title is from.

So, it snowed. And it snowed. And then it iced. And then it warmed all the way up to 31 degrees today. Yeehaw. So it was cold all forking day.

And then...and then...AND THEN! We lost power around 6 this evening.

So now it's cold, and we have no power, which also meant no heat, no hot water, no appliances, no tv, no computer. Nada. PGE said they were working on the problem but had no idea of when we'd be back in business.

Since we were cold and bored, we headed to the in laws' house just a couple minutes away. We stole their tv in order to watch Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. Don't worry, they didn't mind, they weren't even home. About 9 we came home. Still no power. A call to PGE informed us that they were working on it but did not know the cause of the problem and had no estimate of when power would be restored. Awesome

I set about packing a bag to head to Mom and Dad's for the evening. Hey, it was 46 degrees in the house and I have to work in the morning! Ricky decided he was going to tough it out. As I was getting ready to walk out the door...the lights *really* went out. You see, up to that point we'd been in a "brown out," meaning we had just enough power to get about 35% out of our overhead lights. All of a sudden, lights out completely. Ricky said, "that must mean they know the problem and they're fixing it." Sure enough, a call to PGE confirmed we'd have power again in 15 minutes.

So here we are, back in the game with power. What a day!