Top 10 reasons it's fun to lose power on one of the coldest days of the year...

1.  Hubby must have coffee and knows not to come home (from taking Seth to school) with only one cup of Starbucks.

2.  No one questions the decision to lazily sit on the couch wrapped in a double fleece blanket.

3.  It's too cold for meat to thaw = pizza for dinner!

4.  Vacation day at the 'rents when it becomes too unbearably cold.

5.  Cold babies need extra cuddles.

6.  Fire in the fireplace smells good. 

7.  An afternoon trip to Target when its 20 degrees out seems less insane when you have no heat in your house.

8.  I can't possibly take the clothes out of the dryer.  Do you know how cold the air is that blows through the vent?

9.  Get to look like a deer in headlights when your 5 year old asks, "What's a transformer?"  [For the record, I did know enough to tell him they were not talking about Bumblebee.]

10.  It's always good to test out your supply of flashlights and candles.  Although in the future I would suggest doing so before you are lying in bed in the dark having a mental argument with yourself about not wanting to get up and suddenly hear all electrical powered items in your home go silent.