Well, Minimal Monday didn't work out this week. There was just to much going on and we ended up needing to use the hairdryer and the computer and then mom-in-law decided to join us for dinner since we were bbq-ing. Can't have company sitting in the dark.

So we had a lesson in alliteration and came up with Wednesday Without Watts. Had I know it was going to be so darn cold, I would not have agreed to this little experiment. But the kids were so gung ho, they had all the light switches taped down before I even got out of bed. We fried apples and had oatmeal for breakfast, soup and sandwiches for lunch and turkey soup for dinner. We did get a lantern to light up the living room. The kerosene lamps were just to smelly. We couldn't find two boxes that fit together right, so no oven. We have a can for a hobo stove, but haven't built it yet.

When the thermostat hit 61 in my house, we lit a fire. All their little noses were icy cold. They all grabbed their sleeping bags and huddled around the fireplace. They looked pretty angelic, all quiet and still. Spending all day outside in the cold and rain tuckered them out.