Y´all back home are having a snow day. Lucky…

Here it´s just a cold day. 0 C/32 F isn´t anything shocking for people back home, but what you have to realize is that homes there are kept toasty warm. Here, not so much. We have electric heat in some rooms, but not all of them. We have resorted to using a stand alone gas heater that we roll from room to room depending on our need.

Today, not only did I need it to keep warm, but as a conference day at school, I had offered to have 4 kids over and I needed it to keep ALL of them warm. So wouldn´t you know it the gas would run out 1/2 hour before they arrived? Normally that´s not a problem, but with my husband away and 4 kids on their way, this was a challenge. I found a way to rush to the gas station to pick up another tank, but would´t you know it, they were out. And no surprise to anyone living in Portugal, everyone was out.

As kids arrived and I handed them blankets to wrap themselves in as they watched television. Baking was already on the agenda, but we just started sooner. As most everything can be delivered in Portugal I looked into getting our gas delivered and Alleluiah they had gas and they could get it to me today. That there is a miracle in these parts.

In my panic the kids just did their thing. One girl kept her jacket on, but now that we have heat it is still on, so I just think it´s her. Or that´s what I´ll tell myself.

Now what I need is a mommy recharger. Since they have arrived we have: made homemade sugar cookies, made homemade chocolate chip cookies, made homemade pizza &&&& my son chose to drag out the science experiment kit he received for Christmas.

My daughter said it´s my own fault I get into these situations. But that´s my job, right?