Welcome to our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop, we’re mighty happy you stopped by today. Each and every Thursday we tell everyone about the things for which we are most thankful and today we are going to do just that. We all love it when you join us for our blog hop and we love it when we see new blogger pals hopping in too. Your thankfuls always make us smile!
Today, as my blog post title says, we’re thankful for the calm during the storm, seriously thankful. As I told you, Summer in the South always means a rash of thunderstorms and nobody really likes a rash, of any kind. Monday evening we had a big storm, although ours wasn’t nearly as bad as some of the surrounding areas. Some areas had heavy winds, trees down and hail. Well, about 6:00 Monday evening our power went out and it didn’t come back on until 6:00 Tuesday morning.
Usually those things can be pretty stressful on us and the peeps but I’m thankful that we have a whole house generator that kicked in right away. We had all the creature comforts, so to speak, including our much beloved air conditioning. Oh boy are we thankful that we were able to go about our routines like nothing happened. We’re supposed to get some more storms, but tis the season in the South and elsewhere.
So, they you have it, that’s our thankful for today. What are you thankful for? Tell us in the comments and then join us for our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop! Remember, adopt cats, we deserve it!!!!! More Forever Homes More Often! Purrrrr! Zip! Later!
We’re thankful that you are all okay, considering those scary storms! Thanks for hosting, and stay safe!
Our thankful won’t post until much later . Brian you have kissable toesies.
Wow, it’s great that your a/c is connected to the generator. When our generator was hooked in to the house, it could power everything except the big stuff (a/c and oven). I’m thankful that we don’t have too many thunderstorms.
I, Marvelous am thankful you guys are OK! Big storms are frightening.
We too had a vicious storm Sunday night! It blew through Vancouver and woke us up with the wind and thunder–but it tore up trees, knocked down power lines and blew off shingles and roofs all over southern BC! And the lightening and thunder! WoW! And you know what..that storm even hit Calgary on Monday afternoon (just about the same time as Kozmo, Jo Jo and Cinnamon got home). Ninja said it was SCARY!
I hope you guys don’t have too many more!
Purrs
Marv
Those storms are rotters. We had a biggie on Monday. The cable kept going out but we were fine in the city but some peeps had flooding and trees toppled over. Hope they stay away for awhile for both our sakes.
Jean
Whew..thank goodness for the generator! We can’t imagine being stuck in the heat without AC!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey and Arty
That’s great that you have that generator! I bet it’s been helpful on more than one occasion, with the type of storms you guys get.
We’ve had a lot of thunderstorms lately and we’ve retreated under the bed most evenings.
We are thankful you survived the storms and have a generator.
Our weather is still strange. We have cool mornings and warm days.
This weekend though, the weather people put out a humidity warning for the weekend.
We will go from 16C to 29C. It will be hot and sticky. We are not looking forward to that.
At least we will not have thunderboomers.
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
Hi Brian – I’m thankful to hear that you all made it through the storm with only a power outage and no damage…..this definitely is “The Summer of Storms” I think……we’ve had a few whoppers too! Glad you are all OK…….
Hugs, Teddy
I’m totally with you, and am so grateful for air conditioning in the hot weather of North Carolina. Thank goodness you guys have a generator, and imagine it would have been super uncomfortable for that amount of time without one. Glad things are back to normal ! Hugs…RO
Generators sure are a win when the power goes out. Yeah, we’ll skip the rash of any kind haha
We so need a whole house generator we have been having a lot of thunderstorms here. We are thankful you have one and could stay comfortable that is a long time for your power to be out.
A whole house generator? That sounds awesome. When our power goes out, it’s out! We did get bad thunderstorms for a while but, right now, we are getting great weather.
Purrs,
The Chans
For some reason, I can’t leave a link! Anyway, we’ve had bad storms too. The wind and lightening has been crazy. I wish we had a whole house generator!
Glad you have a generator. So far we have been lucky and haven’t lost our electric. It has been rough around these parts though. You all have a great Thursday. We are thankful to have you as our friends.
Losing power is always a bummer. Paws crossed as I say this, but ours has only gone out for a few minutes, a couple times in the past ten years. Good you have a generator if you lose it more often.
Thank goodness for generators!! We are getting some much-needed rain here today, but luckily so far they are nice quiet storms. Stay safe down there!
it’s good that efurrything is ok… we have storm warnings for the weekend… it’s the furst breton storm for neilson… but he can stand the diy storms so he will pull through I think ;O)
We get lots of thunder in the summer, too. Master Munchkin says Florida is the Lightening Capitol, so I guess it belongs here. >^.^<
We don’t like thunderstorms either, Brian. We hope they aren’t too bad for you. And then next week you’ve got all the fireworks. Another storm!
We’re thankful you are all safe!!
The Florida Furkids
I would be thankful if my hubby would get our house generator fixed. I hope you stay safe from the storms. Thank you for hosting. XO
We are thankful for that calm too, Brian. I am so jealous of your whole house generator!!!! We have a well with a well pump so we don’t even have running water when the power goes out. Fortunately, neither dog is afraid of thunderstorms… I hope that you have a thunderstorm-free day!
Having a generator in the south sounds like a must. I can’t imagine not having air conditioning for 12 hours. Glad it turned out okay.
Have a purrfect Thankful Thursday. My best to your peeps. ♥
Our power went out in the middle of the night…thunder lightening and heavy rain. Came on this morning later so mom could make coffee thank goodness. She was fixing to make a coffee run.
It sounds like your family is well prepared and protected, Brian!
Storms are scary! But I have some good news and something to be thankful for! Today I’m bringing home our new family member Blaze from the Oregon Humane Society. He is a 10-year-old boy who has had a hard life, but no more! It will be all kibbles and catnip from now on.
That box looks VERY comfy, certainly something to be thankful for.
Brian, dear furiend, thank you for taking the time to host this blog hop. Have a purrfect day, dear furiend.
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You are all very thankful for that generator! We lose power at least twice a year, for multiple hours (or days) at a time. A generator would be nice, but we don’t have whole-house a/c…yet…and figure we can live through fairly well. But we are getting old…and cranky…and who knows what The Hubby will do to the house next! Thanks for hosting every Thursday!
Storms are going on around here as well. Glad you are OK and it’s great you have a generator. We need to get one, too!
A good thing you are well prepared for those bad thunderstorms! Stay safe!
Sometimes those storms can be scary. Glad everyone is ok and that the next round isn’t too bad. We are thankful for all the great posts that everyone shares. We love seeing the fun and love each little fur baby does to brighten someone’s day. We are thankful to you all for all your hard work. Thank you. Have a wonderful day.
We too have those bad storms from late spring through early fall. We could use some rain but it seems like we get all the wind and noise and little rain.
We hope you all have much calmer days. Good idea to have that generator.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
We’re supurr thankful that mew guys are all ok! <3
Big hugs
Basil & The B Team xox
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Oh a generator is a great idea. Glad to hear the power did come back on the next day.
Oh no…as if the storms are interference enough with life as you know it…it knocked out your a/c and lights.
Hugs madi your bfff
Whoa! I’m thankful for your generator too. We had some bad storms last night too but nothing like down south. TW spent a lot of time down south one summer so she knows. Ge some triple glass windows and hope they deaden the sound some.
hoping everything stays nice and calm with you and that the storms leave you alone!
Those storms sure are no fun. We’re so thankful you’re all safe, and that your generator kept that air conditioning going. We hope the storms start avoiding you!
Mee-you wee iss fankfull youss’ have a genny-rater to take care of youss’ when thee power goess out. Wee have nuthin like that here.
Mee wood have to ree-lie on LadyMum even more than normal.
Mee iss fankfull it was not too *hot* today…there iss a heatwave comin an wee iss not likin that much at all…..
~~head rubsss~~ Siddhartha Henry~~
we are very happy that you are so creative and that you are keeping yourselves safe during the storm
We’re Thankful to hear that you’re safe, dear Brian and family. We don’t like storms either, they can be so unpredictable! Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend 🙂 <3
I will catch up with the TT’s over the week-end. Been working away from home. * paw wave *
I am glad the storm wasn’t too bad, and that your generator kicked in to keep you all cool.
Now that is a funny way to lay! HAHA…we have been dealing with those calms before the storms also. It is that time of yr for the storms…hang in there.
Good to hear that you all made it through the storm okay…hope you don’t have any more outages. Our power was out for nine days when the remains of Hurricane Ike went through our area.
I hope the thunderstorms and fireworks are brief and quiet for you all. We are in for a week long heat wave 90s plus starting today.
Oh MeOW Brian, a whole house generator? How pawsum!!! We’d be burnin’ up here cuz ifin the power goes out, we’re just up the wrong creek. MOL Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena