When the Lights Go Down In. . .

. . .the City???

or Sammamish!

The lights flickered yesterday morning at around 7:00.  When the power came back on it was at 1/2 power.  The lights were not bright, the larger appliances and electronics wouldn't turn on.  About 15 minutes later, the power went off altogether.  :(

Long story short--we didn't get power back on until 2:05am this morning.

When the power goes out, it gets cold (since we had been freezing and it was still snowing), the water department in Sammamish blew something and was running on generators (so we were told to not use water, no showers, no toilet flushing, etc.)

And we play on our portable electronics, wrapped in blankets, hats on in the house.

And what's for dinner?  Day 50

Well we were all looking for something warm and yummy for dinner.  No cold cereal or snacks as that is what we had been eating for breakfast and lunch.

We were to have Taco Soup this week and so. . .

I cooked it on the BBQ--our gas grill.

And we ate by candlelight!  In our warm jammies :)

Taco Soup

1 lb ground beef

1 onion

1 15 oz can tomato sauce

2 15 oz stewed tomatoes

1 15 oz can kidney beans

1 cup water

1 1/2 cup corn

1 package taco seasoning (scant 1/4 cup)

Brown ground beef.  Add onions.  When ground beef is cooked and onions are soft, add remaining ingredients and bring to boil.  Let cook for 5 minutes.

Serve with sprinkle of cheese, sour cream, avocado, tortilla chips.

We only had cheese and sour cream tonight :(

Then we made predictions on when we thought the power would come back on.

Whoever was the closest gets a Dairy Queen Blizzard of their choice.

Joe was being optimistic :)