Ice is falling

Monday we had about 8 inches of snow dump on us. This morning we get up with 2 inches of ice on top of that and most of our county is out of electric. Thabkfully we have a woodstove so it does not effect out heat but we are without lights and TVs and computers and all the things that require electric. Thankfully, I can charge my phone in the car and that's how I'm able to write at this moment. We have been out cleaning up all the tree limbs that have come down due to the ice most of the day but while we were inside and there was still light we did a lot of reading. Kory said "I wish I had longer books" and It got me thinking about when I was young and I first started reading chapter books. 

My very first chapter book I ever read was Matilda. I read it at least 20 times before I decided to move on to other books. Then I started reading The Boxcar Children Mysteries, The Little House (Laura Ingles Wilder) books, Anne of Green Gables, Nancy Drew Mysteries, and The Cooper Kids series by Frank Perety (I don't know if I spelled that right).From there I really got into regular books like anything by Jane Austin or Charles Dickens. It really got me thinking about what kind of books I should start being on the look out for while at Good Will for the boys. I'm sure they would enjoy The Boxcar Children books. I don't really know about Matilda because neither of them really liked the movie. I don't really know about Laura Ingle Wilder or Anne of Green Gables because those are "girly" books. Would little boys enjoy that? I have no idea. I doubt they would like Nancy Drew for the same reason but I guess The Harty Boys Mysteries are the male Nancy Drew books. I guess I'll just have to look and see what's out there. 

 

Tonight, we are having a camp out in the living room. The boys will camp out on there sleeping bags and Gunner and I will sleep on the couch. This way we can all be nice and warm by the fire and we will all be around the one big light. Only problem is everytime the wind blows, ice from the trees comes showering down agents the windows. I don't know how we are going to be able to sleep through that all night long. Maybe I'll see if we have any batteries for my iPod speakers and I'll put music on while we are trying to sleep. Maybe we won't notice the ice because there will be background noise. 

I can only hope.