{"id":1800,"date":"2011-09-09T10:58:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T17:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2012-06-24T21:40:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T21:40:18","slug":"the-night-the-lights-went-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=1800","title":{"rendered":"The Night The Lights Went Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I interrupt our St Louis travel pix with an update to say we&#8217;re home sweet home!\u00a0 Just one day into settling in we were hit with that huge power outage yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">When the power goes off in San Diego, we party!\u00a0 Hubby grilled a mean chicken and veggie meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/09\/the-night-the-lights-went-out\/319363_2441250557095_1426747556_32931130_447209570_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1801\" title=\"319363_2441250557095_1426747556_32931130_447209570_n\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/319363_2441250557095_1426747556_32931130_447209570_n.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0We shot pool before it got too dark and\u00a0played backgammon by candle light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/09\/the-night-the-lights-went-out\/319281_148973021861395_100002460953287_254621_184136363_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1802\" title=\"319281_148973021861395_100002460953287_254621_184136363_n\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/319281_148973021861395_100002460953287_254621_184136363_n.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">We settled in\u00a0the backyard where we enjoyed the beautiful night sky, cool breeze and bonfire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/09\/the-night-the-lights-went-out\/310135_148991718526192_100002460953287_254653_1912622361_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1803\" title=\"310135_148991718526192_100002460953287_254653_1912622361_n\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/310135_148991718526192_100002460953287_254653_1912622361_n.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">This is as close to camping as we get.\u00a0 What a beautiful night all the way around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/09\/the-night-the-lights-went-out\/303547_148995355192495_100002460953287_254658_1037593492_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1804\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1804\" title=\"303547_148995355192495_100002460953287_254658_1037593492_n\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/303547_148995355192495_100002460953287_254658_1037593492_n.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Our\u00a0emergency radio came in handy.\u00a0 Hubby posted this to his Facebook status, live as it happened:\u00a0 &#8220;Some reporter just asked the spokesman when they knew there was a problem with the power grid, his response, &#8220;when the lights went out&#8221;. Bravo Sir, Bravo!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/09\/the-night-the-lights-went-out\/321246_148999055192125_100002460953287_254672_1127155497_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1807\" title=\"321246_148999055192125_100002460953287_254672_1127155497_n\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/321246_148999055192125_100002460953287_254672_1127155497_n.jpg?w=298\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Our little set-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/09\/the-night-the-lights-went-out\/300153_148999445192086_100002460953287_254673_733065107_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1805\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1805\" title=\"300153_148999445192086_100002460953287_254673_733065107_n\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/300153_148999445192086_100002460953287_254673_733065107_n.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The remains of our bonfire.\u00a0 What a great way to make the most of our evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/09\/the-night-the-lights-went-out\/319318_149015065190524_100002460953287_254707_1287294018_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1808\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1808\" title=\"319318_149015065190524_100002460953287_254707_1287294018_n\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/319318_149015065190524_100002460953287_254707_1287294018_n.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">We were so thankful for the cool evening as it felt like air-conditioning with our bedroom windows open all night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Sometime during the early morning hours, power returned and all is well in So Cal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Blessings &#8211; Debbie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I interrupt our St Louis travel pix with an update to say we&#8217;re home sweet home!\u00a0 Just one day into settling in we were hit with that huge power outage yesterday afternoon. 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