What Hurricane Irene taught me...

Oh, the things I take for granted in my civilized comfy existence. 

All it takes is a hurricane with winds strong enough to knock power out for a mere eight hours and I wonder...

How does anyone live without the convenience of electricity??  Ah...the mere flick of a switch at our fingertips...

Or without Coffee at the ready??

Or heaven forbid...without this?? Our little window into the world??

Although it was a HUGE sacrifice, I found myself enjoying a lot of this

a little of this...

and a bit of this (penning some inspirational crafting ideas)

All in all, I'm so thankful we're safe and with no damage to our home..

But after eight hours of living without my "spoiled" conveniences

I

     have

              a 

                 whole

                            new

                                   respect 

                                                for 

                                                     these 

                                                             folks:

I hope this post finds you well and enjoying all that we take for granted! xoxo