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Top 10 Things to Do When Your Power Is Out

So your power is out no biggie, wondering what you and your family can do with no power.  The items listed below can help you find a lot of fun things to do. Appreciate the things you have and more importantly do something you probably wouldn’t have done if your power was still on, enjoy the list.

10. Read a book

Its cliché and classic but with no power you can sit back and indulge yourself in a great book that can make you even forget your power was off in the first place

9. Write

Write anything it doesn’t have to mean anything just let your creative juices flow and just maybe you might actually have something when you’re finished.  Therefore it can be anything a poem, joke, blog, story and even a screenplay.

8. Clean your room

Need something to pass the time and make your parents proud that they didn’t have to ask a million times to do. It will be great for you because it will pass time, make your room look better and just maybe your parents will give you an “Abe” for your allowance that week.

7. Go outside

Its self-explanatory, most kids and young adults these days are all over the internet or playing video games without power you can’t do either so get off the couch and head up to the pool or go for a jog just do something to get your blood flowing.

6. Cut Local Lawns

Tight on cash, have a lawn mower? Go door to door in your neighborhood and ask others if you can cut their lawn for cheap, most of your neighbors will jump on the opportunity to not cut their own lawn because most hate cutting their own lawn and you can make some money in the process.

5. Ride a bike

Most people these days don’t really ride bikes like they used to, this is a great time for you to take a nice stroll around the neighborhood or a nature trail to get in a nice exercise.

4. Draw or Color

This is a great time if you’re an artist of any skill level; there are endless opportunities for you to do. For example, you can doodle and draw stick figures, grab a coloring book and some Crayola Crayons and color pictures in a coloring book, or work on a masterpiece you haven’t had the time to finish up until your power went out.

3. Sudoku

A great game to test your mind and mathematics out and also pass time while working the brain, Haven’t heard of Sudoku well the objective is to fill a 9x9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 sub grids that compose the grid contains all the number 1 to 9. And it’s a really fun game to play and will also help pass time.

2. Play a board game/Play Cards

Grab the family and some candles and get ready for a great time that many families aren’t doing much of anymore. Grab a deck of cards and play countless amounts of game or if you can’t find your deck of cards grab your families favorite board game such as Monopoly and have a great time getting in some good ole family bonding

1. Tell a Ghost Story

Grab a flash light and think of one of the most frightening tales you can tell your pals or parents and settle in for a good time, and it will help make you a little tired and hopefully it doesn’t scare you so you can’t sleep though this brings back fond memories as a child and is my number one for no power

Hope you enjoyed the list.