Cute kitties laying in front of a fire. I'm glad they got the electricity back on for you, I saw on the news tonight that power was out for many thousands still. Gas stoves and fire places are wonderful things when power goes out. We have neither, but we do have electric lines that are buried underground. In all the years we've been living here the longest we've been without electricity was something like six hours or so.

Holy cow! You're still waiting on permissions from the council??? Have they given you any kind of estimate on when they'll get around to it?

There's nothing wrong with sleeping with furry kids under the covers. Bet Kuro really enjoys sharing your body heat. :)