Yay! The lights are back on at our house! After five days in the dark, it was a much welcomed surprise (a day or two earlier than the predicted comeback) to come home to the comforting hum of power. I wanted to share a few things I learned this week when I was without electricity:

• Laundry can wait. Ice cream can’t (unless you like yours to be like soup)

• We have a gas water heater – whew!

• Cell phones can really come in handy

• I never knew I could enjoy a simple cold glass of milk so much

• I really don’t need to check my email 24/7???

• This was just an inconvenience. My thoughts go out to the REAL hurricane victims.

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments! It’s good to be in touch again with all of you in the online world. FFTV will be back in full blogging-force next week with lots of exciting things coming your way! Stay tuned…

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These are no ordinary exercise machines. Nope. When you get on this four-person workout wonder, called Team Dynamo, you pedal together to drive a generator that helps power The Green Microgym – a new environmentally friendly health club that opened last week in Portland, Oregon.

The new gym uses a combination of solar and human power to run the place. It also features treadmills that use 30-percent less electricity, recycled flooring, and green workout classes.

Team Dynamo is kind of like the Fender Blender I told you about last month, only you get to make electricity instead of a smoothie. Pretty cool, huh?

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