Powerless!

 

 

 

 

Last weekend saw us get the final bit of trenching dug and the stormwater pipes put underground. A trenching machine made quick work of the job...

 

even though it made a mess of my lovely lawn!

 However, it had to be done and all was going so well.

 

 

 

 

Until...my oven stopped working! And the kids yelled out "Who turned the power off. The computer's not working!!" Uh oh...

 

sure enough, the trencher had nicked the power cable!! :(

Bugger! We had invited friends over for a roast dinner and I had only just put it on to cook. Help! Luckily, Olivia had the bright suggestion of cooking it in the pizza oven so we lit that and eventually ended up cooking the whole meal in it...roast meat, vegetables and Yorkshire puddings. It was fun and games keeping the temperature constant but everything turned out well and by the time we ate, it sure tasted delicious!

 

 We had a quiet afternoon with no power and old-fashioned fun and games with the girls playing cards and board games instead of being in front of the computer! Lighting candles at dusk was also exciting and caused a few laughs when our friends turned up, looking very surprised to being treated to a 'candlelit dinner'!! Jeff organised the resumption of power and it came back on about 7:30pm.

So what was supposed to have been a couple of hours job turned into a whole afternoon/evening of excitement but at least it is done now.