How is everyone doing?????

Well day 5 and still no power.  Getting a little stressed.  No oven, no toaster, no toaster oven.  At least I can still cook, but it is getting difficult to make good choices.  Hubby made rice last night.  I did not have the heart to tell him I really can't eat it.  I sucked it up, and got a little down.  At least I can still shower at work, although I am running out of clothes to wear since I only have a limited amount of them!!  Guess I will be going to the laundromat if no power today.  Our generator is getting tired, keeps dying out.  We are also running out of batteries!! 

Sorry, I know quit your b*******g . 

We lost power 1030 ish thursday I had sent my wife and son down to her mothers down in woburn mass, earler so she would not have any problems getting to work and getting cody to daycare. I left for work at 130 in the am usually a 10 minute drive took a half hour due to lines and trees down. Since then I have been cutting either for the town or the school i work for.
I am at the house it dropped to 38 the other night, hopfully by fri or sat they are saying.

It's 4:30 on Tuesday and we still have no power.  We're using a small heater connected to the propane tank from our grill and lighting the house with candles.  We have a sleeping bag over the bed that's good to 0 degrees, and it's working like a charm.  I managed to get all the food from the freezer, which was chock-full, over to our daughters' houses, but we lost most everythig in the fridge.  Oh well, if that's all we lose, then we've come out of this okay.  I'm a little worried about the pipes, but so far, so good.  I've discovered that I'm still an emotional eater.  I've been living off cookies all weekend.  Eating cookies is fine, but I'm not keeping track of how many.  That's the bad part -- mindless eating!  Still managed to lose a pound, but I'm sure it will catch up with me before the week's out.  Our daughters each have power and they are local, so we've been showering there, and we did laundry there last night.  It's the darkness that's getting to me.  I don't miss tv, and we can keep warm enough, but the house gets too dark to do anything by 3:00. . . makes for a long night!

PSNH has been updating infor through twitter:  http://twitter.com/psnh

According to their lsit, PSNH expects 95% of my town to have power by thursday.  We are usually the last to get it, so i wouldn't be surpried if we end up in the five percent that is still out, but who knows, we could get lucky!

I have been learning a LOT about myself and my eating issues over the last few days.  It's been very educational.  I give myself a lot of credit for stopping to reflect and realizing some of the things I was doing, but wow--  I still have a lot to work on!

Yeah, we got power last night.  What a wonderful feeling.  My smile got bigger and bigger with each house I passed on my road that had lights.  I hope those of you who don't have power get it very soon.  I am thinking of you!!

I know what you mean about mindless eating, Kathy.  I found myself doing that also.  I too am an emotional eater, and I really need the sunlight.  So lack of light and the stress really put a strain on my ability to fight eating.  I did fairly well, but made some mistakes.  Like "mmichele", I too tried to pay attention, and did realize that although I have come a very long way, I still have work to do.  One of the biggest things I let slip was exercise.  Just didn't want to go, even though it was probably the best thing for me.  I am definately getting back on track....so Wendy, be prepared!!!!  I hope to go to the gym tonight. 

Weight loss is still a struggle, and the band is a great tool, but the mind is a better one!!  Between the two, hopefully I will be able to beat this relationship I have had with eating, and build a better one.

My family stayed at my mom's in Epping because they have a generator. They got their power on Friday night. So we went home to Northwood (me, hubby, kid and 2 dogs) to no power. We decided to stay the night hoping the electric would come on. By Saturday morning, we woke to 32 degrees in the house....Brrrr.

Packed up, went pack to Mom and Dad's house. Dad decided to hook up his generator for us. Took 8 hours to reach 50 degrees in the house. Power came on Sunday morning....yeah!

However, we have no water. So, I have been traveling from Northwood to Epping to shower, then to Portsmouth for work.

This really sucks...especially the weather this morning. UG!

Dawn