Electricity

Top Ten Reasons Why We Need Electricity:

1. Air Conditioning

2. WATER--toilet, baths, showers, washing dishes, drinking-- did I say baths?

3. Going to the bathroom and actually being able to see the toilet paper (and flush)

4. TV (Cody would put this much higher on the list!)

5. Air Conditioning

6. Microwave (maybe people who don't have small children wouldn't miss this so much--we need hot dogs, popcorn, spaghetti-o's...)

7. Lights (especially when small children keep accidently breaking flashlights)

8. Internet access--you would think this would be no big deal, but we seem to be very dependant on the Internet for information

9. Hair Dryer & Curling Iron (I know this is a little shallow, but having bad hair puts you in a bad mood. And when it's hot and you have no prospect of bathing, you don't want to wear a cap!)

10. Air Conditioning

*Trying to explain the concept of no electricity to a 3-year old is difficult. Jake kept sitting down with the remote and trying to turn on the TV. At one point, after we had been without electicity for quite a while, he tried unsuccessfully to turn on the TV, and said, "What happened, Mama?" This morning, he triumphantly brought me a bag of microwave popcorn and was crushed when the microwave still didn't work.