Lucky you!!!! I'm SO glad that I have a whole-house generator - it is far less stressful for me when I just use electricity for oxygen and breathing treatments. Hauling that all to a hospital waiting room and setting it up, was a royal pain prior to my generator!

I'm very grateful for my two dogs. Yes, with the rain, they are a wet bother, but they give me so much love and are such wonderful company to me. I'd be very lonely without them.

I'm also grateful that yesterday, I was finally "inspired" to go through a huge pile (at least 1 yr's worth) of shelter magazines and clip what interested me. Now, to get them carried down to the trash cans! At least they're off that table.

I'm grateful I just finished sanding & staining a beam , came indoors...and marble sized hail started coming down. I'm really grateful for my husband who keeps my spirits up. I sanded this huge glue-lam beam yesterday...and today...it's all stained and runny/stained again, it must have rained over night? I had to resand it...then beat the storm to get stain on it. My Husband cheered me on as he worked on the upper deck. Yay!

Oddly enough, the power went out in my area last night as well. Was a nasty wet and kind of blustery day and evening so likely some tree close by lost a branch or fell and took out the lines. Not uncommon in my heavily wooded area :-) But also enjoy the benfits of a dedicated generator, which switched itself on in a matter of a few seconds. Power stayed off most of the night - woke me up when it came back on in the very early morning as all the appliances beep with the switch from generator to regular power. And I had left the hall light on...........

My power went out yesterday as well, but it was only a blip and then it came right back on. Just off long enough to have to reset all the clocks in the house.

The thing I am so grateful for today is my neighbors. One came down and helped me weed my front gardens and we got it done!! Another showed up to tell me that he would be cleaning out my gutters in the morning!!!! I am so grateful for the help I receive from these friends.

I have my power and I am truly grateful. Terrible thing to be without. Also,

grateful most of all for my family and friends. And grateful for memories of

those I have lost.

I'm grateful to have discovered that a western dogwood sapling is growing on our property. I've tried to grow them in the past with no luck; this one is a volunteer. It's a bit crooked, but I'll take it just the same!

Murraysmom, what area of Ohio are you in? I hope no where near Dayton and Celina. So many without power in that area, in addition to the damage. They got hit with multiple tornadoes.

When the electric goes out here, it is usually back on in a couple of hours, or less....except the aftermath of hurricanes, when it has been 9 to 10 days. I can't remember how long it was after Harvey...seems like only a day or so, but when we move, we are thinking of getting a whole house generator, because we will be in an even less populated area. I don't know how badly they are affected by hurricanes, but need to find out. Sometimes they can cause quite a bit of havoc, even a considerable distance from the coast.

My sister's daughter has cerebral palsy (her son has leukemia, in remission. My sister is amazing in how well she deals), and has been ok until recently. Graduated high school with a non-special ed diploma, worked hard! They're telling her it's a miracle that she hasn't needed any additional healthcare this long (she's in her twenties). Because she has CP, work has been hard to come by, and so, she's had no insurance. She must have surgery. It's looking like a level one trauma center here is going to donate funds for her surgery. We're over the moon!

Thanks for starting this thread! I love to read what others share - it gives me some added perspective.

I had to do a major update on my computer yesterday in order to complete a very minor task. I figured it all out, and everything's working.

We've had a lot of rain, but this morning, some sun is peeking through so I'm going to get a quick walk in before work.

Ice packs, hand trucks, fans, grilled cheese sandwiches, clotheslines, shade.

Glass windows, safety pins, five zeros on the odometer this week.

Wind-up alarm clocks, cherries fresh off the tree, sisal string.

Sturdy shoes that protect from errant shovels.

My neighbor's pots of flowers on the sidewalk.

Whatever that tree is that's blooming right now and smells so good.

People who keep their word.

I'm grateful its not raining today, my sinuses aren't happy, maybe they'll have a chance to calm down now. Its been like a rainforest around here.