Close Call!

I awoke yesterday morning at 6 o'clock to the howling of the wind of our first major snow storm of the season. I rolled over and tried to get back to sleep but couldn't because of strange scratching noises coming from outside. Thinking it was just ice falling off the roof , I wasn't too worried but decided to go downstairs to investigate.
Looking out the front windows into the dark, nothing seemed unusual, but when I went to the dining room I discovered that the large tree between our place and the Jenkin's was lying across our driveway and the top branches were squished against the house! This was a disappointing sight, not only for the inconvenience but also the fact that we would be without one of the lovely trees surrounding our property.
When daylight arrived, Chris went out to survey the damage and found that part of the eaves trough on the porch had been bent and there was a hole in the screen of our dining room window. We felt very lucky that our windows were still intact. Imagine how much of a pain that would have been in the middle of a storm.
Around 9 am we lost our electricity so figured it would be a long day, without all the conveniences of TV, computer, and appliances. To make matters worst, our propane stove in the family room hasn't been working for a couple of weeks and our repairman is scheduled to come this Friday.
Luckily the temperature was around the O degree mark so we dressed warmly, ( I had three pairs of socks on) and we snuggled up with our blankets and books. When lunch time came Chris had planned to go out to the garage and barbecue but decided instead to use our little camp stove. So we had a lovely lunch of canned beans, boiled eggs, toast fried in a pan, and of course tea. It was quite lovely and tasted extra special since we felt that we had fared very
well, under the circumstances.
I took the opportunity in the afternoon to put up my little Christmas houses on the mantle and wrote some Christmas cards to send to our British relatives. The power came back on around 5:30, just when we were almost finished making omelettes for our supper. It was lovely to have all our modern conveniences returned to us and we swear that we will never take them for granted again!