Golo, you kind of remind me of the Grinch. In a nice way.
As for our adventure here, yesterday the power went out soon after I posted. No probs: I snuggled up in a comforter by our big window and read most of the day. We had no source of heat but I figured the power would come on soon. Plus, it was weaving in and out of freezing so it didn't feel that cold.
Hubby and I decided to go into town for some Salvadorean food at supper time, but found our car wouldn't make it down the drive. Getting the car off the ice was our task until dark. Then it hit us: it was night, it was cold, we were hungry, and who knew when the power would come on.
Since we live on an estate, we went up to the manor house (we live in groom's quarters), found the spare key and let ourselves in. (I think our land lady is someplace warm at the moment--like Dallas, maybe). We lit a big fire and put our sleeping bags on the hearth. We made s'mores, played cribbage, and finally blew out the candles so we could sleep. Every hour or so we would put another log on the fire. We woke to a chilled house--still no power--but it was warming up to a cool 38!
After a long day at work I am home again, the power is on, the icicles gone and there is green grass peeping out beneath the leftover snow.
At least in the DR, cuando no hay luz, you don't have to sleep with a wool cap on your head!